BJP calls Rahul Gandhi 'Mir Jafar', Congress says S Jaishankar is 'Jaichand'

Targeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on the Indo-Pak conflict, the BJP on Tuesday called the Congress leader “new age Mir Jafar” and asked if he was aiming for Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award of the neighbouring country, by echoing Islamabad's narrative. A day after Gandhi launched a fresh attack on External Affairs S Jaishankar, the saffron party flayed the Congress and alleged the opposition party has undergone a “disgraceful fall” from leading India’s freedom struggle to “questioning” the country’s armed forces.

Rahul said on Monday that the silence of Jaishankar over his question of how many aircraft India lost after Pakistan was informed about the military action under Operation Sindoor was damning. BJP asked why Gandhi has not asked about the planes lost by Pakistan in the Indian military strikes.

Earlier, the Congress leader targeted the government, suggesting that the Indian side informed Pakistan ahead of the military strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).