Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday reiterated his old claim that Pakistan knew about India's 'Operation Sindoor' beforehand as he questioned External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on his silence on the number of aircraft India "lost".
The Congress leader's previous attack on EAM Jaishankar was dismissed by the Ministry of External Affairs and Press Information Bureau as they stated that facts were being misrepresented.
Under Operation Sindoor, India, on early May 7, destroyed nine terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation against the Pahalgam terror attack.
All subsequent retaliations by Pakistan were carried out under the operation.
The two sides reached an understanding on cessation of hostilities on May 10 after four days of confrontations.
Rahul Gandhi Points At Jaishankar Again
Rahul Gandhi's latest post against the Union minister read, "EAM Jaishankar's silence isn't just telling, it's damning. So I'll ask again: How many Indian aircraft did we lose because Pakistan knew?"
"This wasn't a lapse. It was a crime. And the nation deserves the truth," Gandhi also said.
Rahul Gandhi's Earlier Claim Debunked
Gandhi had earlier shared an undated video clip of Jaishankar and wrote, "Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI (government of India) did it." "Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result," the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha had asked.
The Ministry of External Affairs had described as "utter misrepresentation" claims that Jaishankar acknowledged that India alerted Pakistan before the launch of Operation Sindoor on May 7.
"The external affairs minister had stated that we had warned Pakistan at the start, which is clearly the early phase after Operation Sindoor's commencement," the external publicity (XP) division of the ministry said.
"This is being falsely represented as being before the commencement. This utter misrepresentation of facts is being called out," it said in a brief statement.
