New Delhi: The Opposition has alleged that the Centre was “misleading the nation”, and yet again called for a special Parliament session on Operation Sindoor. The Opposition’s reaction came following Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan’s admission that India lost fighter jets on the opening day of the recent military conflict with Pakistan due to tactical mistakes.
On Saturday, in an interview to Bloomberg TV in Singapore, General Chauhan had said: “What is important is not the jet being down, but why they were being downed. What mistakes were made — those are important. Numbers are not important. The good part is that we were able to understand the tactical mistake which we made, remedy it, rectify it, and then implement it again after two days and flew our jets again, targeting at long range.”
Pointing to the remarks, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge took to X and said: “The Modi Government has misled the nation. The fog of war is now clearing.” Kharge added: “The Congress party demands a Comprehensive Review of our Defence Preparedness by an independent expert committee, on the lines of the Kargil Review Committee.”
Referring to US President Donald Trump’s statements, Kharge underlined that he has again claimed that he brokered a ceasefire. “This is a direct affront to the Shimla Agreement. Instead of clarifying Mr Trump’s repeated assertions, and the affidavit filed by the US Secretary of Commerce in the United States Court of International Trade, PM Modi is on an election blitz, taking personal credit for the valour of our Armed Forces, hiding behind their bravery and dodging the contours of the agreed ceasefire, which the Foreign Secretary announced on May 10, after Trump’s tweet,” he added.
In the wake of the remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in Singapore in an interview, there are some very important questions which need to be asked.
These can only be asked if a Special Session of the Parliament is immediately convened.
The Modi Govt has misled the…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) May 31, 2025
In another post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, “It is an extraordinary and telling commentary on Emergency@11 that the PM will not chair all-party meetings and will not take Parliament into confidence but the nation gets to know of the first phase of Operation Sindoor through the CDS’s interview in Singapore.” “Couldn’t opposition leaders have been taken into confidence by the PM earlier?”
TMC leader Sagarika Ghose also alleged that the BJP-led Centre was not presenting facts before citizens and demanded a special session of Parliament on Operation Sindoor.
In a post on X, she said: “Why should international media report this first? Why were these facts first not given to India’s citizens, to Parliament and to people’s representatives?” In another post, Ghose said, “There are now too many citizens’ concerns regarding Operation Sindoor that must be raised in the national interest. This is how a strong democracy renews itself and learns from experiences.”
“Citizens and opposition must be taken into confidence. The Narendra Modi government can no longer deny the opposition’s demand. A special session of Parliament must be convened in June,” she said.
