Operation Sindoor: ‘Pakistan didn’t get isolated as it had been after Mumbai attack’: Congress’ jibe at government on one year of Operation Sindoor | India News
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday targeted the government over its handling and aftermath Operation SindoorClaims that despite India’s diplomatic outreach after military action, Pakistan was not globally isolated after 2008. Mumbai terror attack.On X, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh also launched a scathing criticism of the government’s handling of the military operation and its diplomatic fallout.“As we celebrate the first anniversary of the start of Operation Sindur and salute the success of our armed forces, it will be useful to recall the following: The first announcement of ceasefire which unexpectedly halted Operation Sindur, was made on 10 May 2025 at 5:37 PM IST by US Secretary of State Marco Claude Trump. Made it possible,” Ramesh said at X.“Subsequently, the US President repeated this claim a hundred times in various countries without being refuted even once by his good friend Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he added.Ramesh also referred to statements made by senior military officers after the operation. He said Chief of Defense Staff General Anil Chauhan, in a speech in Singapore on May 30, 2025, said that India suffered initial losses due to tactical errors but later launched precision strikes deep into Pakistan after reviewing and correcting those mistakes.He also recalled that on June 10, 2025, at a seminar in Jakarta, the Defense Attaché of the Indian Embassy in Indonesia admitted that India lost the aircraft on May 7, 2025 due to constraints imposed by the political leadership.Referring to another statement, Ramesh said Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Rahul Singh on July 4, 2025 highlighted China’s deep involvement in Pakistan’s response to Operation Sindur through equipment, ammunition, satellite imagery and real-time targeting support.“Yet, the Modi government’s calibrated capitulation to China continues unabated, including loss of traditional patrolling rights in Ladakh, record Chinese imports, relaxation of FDI norms, etc.,” Ramesh alleged.“Despite India’s extensive diplomatic outreach, Pakistan has not been isolated as it was after the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008. On the contrary, its army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, has been embraced with extraordinary warmth by President Trump since June 2025, and the US has been named as Pakistan’s military sponsor, the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism,” he said.Ramesh also recalled that after the Kargil war ended in July 1999, the Vajpayee government appointed strategic affairs expert K. A four-member Kargil Review Committee headed by Subrahmanyam was constituted to examine the sequence of events and make recommendations.Operation Sindoor was launched by India on 7 May 2025 in response to the Pahalgam terror attack on 22 April in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed. India has carried out airstrikes against nine terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.The strikes led to a sharp escalation of tensions, with Pakistan launching counter-attacks that were largely foiled by the Indian military. On 10 May, hostilities ended after military officials from the two countries reached an agreement on a cessation of hostilities following talks on a hotline.
