In a rare gesture, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday defended his party colleague Sachin Pilot who was attacked by the BJP over claims that his father Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs on Indian citizens in Mizoram in March 1966 when he was an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot.
The claim was made on X, formerly known as Twitter, by BJP바카라s social media cell head Amit Malviya. 바카라Rajesh Pilot and Suresh Kalmadi were flying the Indian Air Force planes that bombed Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, on 5 March 1966. Later both became MPs on Congress ticket and ministers in the government,바카라 he alleged in the post in Hindi.
Gehlot responded to Malviya바카라s post today saying Rajesh Pilot was a brave pilot and by insulting them, 바카라the BJP was insulting the sacrifice of the Indian Air Force바카라. Gehlot, who is normally usually found in a constant tussle with Pilot over the top post in Rajasthan, overlooked the frictions to take his colleague바카라s side this time. Notably, Rajasthan goes for elections this year.
His response comes a day after Sachin Pilot slammed the BJP leader for getting the 바카라wrong dates, wrong facts바카라바카라. 바카라Yes, as an Indian Air Force pilot, my late father did drop bombs. But that was on erstwhile East Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and not as you claim, on Mizoram on the 5th of March 1966,바카라 the Rajasthan deputy CM said.
바카라He was commissioned into the IAF only on 29th October 1966,바카라 he explained and attached his father바카라s certificate.
Malviya바카라s comments were in connection to Prime Minister Narendra Modi바카라s reply to the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha where he said that Indira Gandhi when she was the prime minister, has used the Air Force for attacks on Mizoram. 바카라On March 5, 1966, Congress dropped bombs on helpless citizens in Mizoram through its Air Force. Congress should answer if it was the Air Force of any other country,바카라 Modi had said, blaming successive Congress governments for the mishandling of the northeast.
