Madhya Pradesh minister apologises for remark about Colonel Sofia Qureshi
Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah on Tuesday apologised for his remark that India had taught a lesson to those responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack by using “their own sister”, The Times of India reported.
While Shah did not name a person, the Congress alleged that the minister was alluding to Colonel Sofia Qureshi, one of the official spokespersons during the Ministry of External Affairs’ media briefings relating to Operation Sindoor.
Speaking at an event in Mahu on Tuesday, Shah said that those who had widowed the daughters of India had been taught a lesson by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “by sending the sister from their own community”. Shah repeated the remark immediately after saying it the first time.
The Opposition criticised the comment made by the Harsud MLA.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the Madhya Pradesh minister had “made extremely insulting, shameful and vulgar remarks about our brave daughter” Qureshi, and urged Modi to dismiss Shah.
“The terrorists of Pahalgam wanted to divide the country, but the country was united throughout ‘Operation Sindoor’ in giving a befitting reply to the terrorists,” Kharge said on social media on Tuesday.
The Congress leader alleged that the “mentality of BJP-RSS has always been anti-women”.
He added: “First they trolled the wife of the naval officer martyred in Pahalgam on social media, then harassed the daughter...
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