Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday again trained his guns at the External Af- fairs Minister S Jaishankar as he questioned his silence and said his silence is damning.
Rahul Gandhi, who is also the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, asked that how many Indian jets were downed during the conflict.
In a post on X, the Lok Sab- ha MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli said, “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 de- serves the truth,” the Congress leader said. The BJP hit back, accusing Gandhi of speaking the “language of Pakistan” and asking whether the Congress party was truly serious about supporting the nation.
Rahul Gandhi’s response came two days after he had fired his salvo at the govern- ment and said that informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime.
On a post on X, on Satur- day, he had said, “EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it. 1. Who authorised it? 2. How many aircraft did our airforce lose as a result?”
Meanwhile, Congress media and publicity department chairman Pawan Khera also addressed a press conference and slammed Jaishankar’s silence on why Pakistan was informed before the conflict.
Khera said, “Wars are not fought only on borders, but are also fought by political strategists. While our armed forces bravely perform their duties on the borders, the strategists sit- ting in the capital also play an important role in the war.
The role of all these people is very important which can either boost the might of the army or harm the might of the army.” The Congress leader said that their leader Rahul Gandhi has asked some questions on the statement of the External Affairs Minister.
“This becomes very important because in the last one week, US President Donald Trump has been repeating in different countries that he mediated to stop the war and was one behind the ceasefire.
“Trump also said a very horrifying thing that he stopped the war by threatening India to stop trade. That is, the sindoor deal continued, the Prime Minister remained silent.
Not a single word came out of the mouth of the Foreign Minister,” he said taking a pot shot at the government. He said that “we do not know what secrets US and China have about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Foreign Minister and BJP leaders, because they never open their mouth in front of America and China”.
Taking a swipe at the Prime Minister, he said, “Whenever he (Modi) opens his mouth, it is to directly give a clean chit to China.” Khera further said that we don’t care about the secrets they might have of yours, but why is it harming the country”.
“Why will justice not be served for the Pahalgam attack, because you are afraid of China and America. The entire country and the world knows what China’s role was in this war and US itself is boasting about its role in stopping this war, but Jaishankar does not open his mouth,” he claimed.
Targeting the External Affairs Minister, he said, “Jaishankar himself told the media agencies that we had informed Pakistan before launching the attack. Now what does this informing mean?”
Firing salvos at Jaishankar, he said, “Does the Foreign Minister have so much trust in Pakistan that the terrorists will sit quietly at his command? What is the relationship of the External Affairs Minister and why did he inform Pakistan before the attack?”
“In fact, this is not diplomacy but spying. Everyone heard what the foreign minister said – yet it is being covered up. Was it because of this information that Masood Azhar survived and Hafiz Saeed escaped alive?” Kgera alleged.
