After Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Pak Informed’ Post, Centre’s ‘Early Phase’ Reply

New Delhi:

Slamming Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for his claim that informing Pakistan at the start of Operation Sindoor was a “crime”, the BJP has accused him of spreading fake news. 

The Ministry of External Affairs has also said that a statement on the timing of Pakistan being informed was being falsely represented. 

On Saturday, Mr Gandhi took to X and shared a video of S Jaishankar in which the External Affairs Minister said that at the start of Operation Sindoor, which was carried out on the intervening night on May 6 and 7, a message was sent to Pakistan that only terror bases were being struck, and not military installations. 

“At the start of the operation, we had sent a message to Pakistan, saying we are striking at terrorist infrastructure and we are not striking at the military. So the military has the option of standing out and not interfering in this process. They chose not to take that good advice,” Mr Jaishankar can be heard saying in the video. 

The Congress MP wrote that informing Pakistan at the start of the attack was a “crime”. 

“EAM (External Affairs Minister) has publicly admitted that GOI (Government of India) did it,” Mr Gandhi said, asking who had authorised the sharing of the information with Pakistan. 

Alluding to claims of Indian planes being shot down during the strike on the terror bases, Mr Gandhi also asked: “⁠How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?”