New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday called for a special session of Parliament, alleging that recent remarks made by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) during an interview in Singapore, raise several important questions.
Kharge said the “fog of war is clearing,” and it’s now evident that the Modi government has “misled the nation.”
On his social media handle X, Kharge said, “Our IAF pilots were risking their lives fighting the enemy. We have suffered some losses, but our pilots were safe. As per CDS’s interview, “we made, remedy it, rectify it, and then implement it again after two days and flew all our jets again, targeting at long range”.
“We salute their resolute courage and bravery. However, a comprehensive strategic review is the need of the hour,” Kharge said.
He further demanded the constitution of an independent expert committee to conduct a comprehensive review of India’s defence preparedness, similar to the Kargil Review Committee established after the 1999 Kargil conflict.
Raising concerns over Trump’s repeated assertions about brokering a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Kharge said, “US President Donald Trump has again repeated his claim about BROKERING a CEASEFIRE. This is a direct affront to the Shimla Agreement”.
Kharge said, “Instead of clarifying Mr Trump’s repeated assertions, and the affidavit filed by 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 10th, after Mr Trump’s tweet”.
While stating that 140 cr patriotic Indians deserve to know this, the Congress president again asked, “Is India and Pakistan now again hyphenated? What are the conditions of the CEASEFIRE agreement?
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