‘Not the time for politics’: Opposition criticises BJP for social media post on Operation Sindoor
The Opposition parties on Saturday criticised the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for taking credit for Operation Sindoor in a video posted on social media.
Posted on the BJP’s account on social media platform X, the video criticised the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government that was in power at the Centre between 2004 and 2014 for alleged “passivity” in responding to terror attacks.
The video criticised the Congress-led government for having held peace talks with Pakistan despite terror attacks such as the ones in Mumbai in 2008 and Hyderabad in 2013. There was “no retaliation, no lesson taught” to the neighbouring country, the party alleged in the video.
“Unlike the UPA regime’s passivity, New India has no patience for futile peace talks,” said the post. “No more peace with a terror-supporting nation.”
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Stating that this was “not the time for politics”, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Manoj Jha requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene in the matter.
“I just want to ask the prime minister how the tweet might be perceived by the Pakistani media, and how the world might think of it,” Jha told PTI. “Governments and parties may come and go, but the nation will endure.”
Pawan Khera, the chief of the Congress’ publicity unit, also questioned the BJP.
Khera said: “So now you want...
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