Speaking to ANI, Chidambaram said, "The External Affairs Minister should have confined himself to Operation Sindoor and the diplomatic aftermath of it. The problem with the BJP is that they always drive by looking in the rearview mirror; they don't look forward. They are always obsessed with
His comments come in the wake of a political storm over statements made by Chidambaram ahead of a discussion in Parliament on Operation Sindoor, India's counter-response following the deadly terror attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which took the lives of 26 people.
Chidambaram questioned the government's narrative on the attack, suggesting that the terrorists could be "homegrown" and asking for evidence to prove they came from Pakistan. He also criticised the government for not disclosing details about Operation Sindoor.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Monday defended his father P Chidambaram's recent remarks about the Pahalgam attack, and said people were trolling a small part of the interview without understanding the full context.
Speaking to ANI, Deepak Prakash said, "It is clear now that Congress is with traitors (Congress ka haath, deshdrohiyon ke saath)... The people of India will never forgive such Congress leaders and the party."
Union Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Piyush Goyal have sharply criticised the Opposition for evading a parliamentary discussion on Operation Sindoor. Chouhan alleged that Congress leader P Chidambaram's remarks on Pakistan's role in the Pahalgam terror attack mirrored Islamabad's lan
BJP MP Santosh Pandey from Rajnandgaon on Monday strongly criticised senior Congress leader P Chidambaram over his comment that there is "no proof" that the Pahalgam attackers came from Pakistan and compared him to an owl that sees only in the dark, implying that the former Home Minister is
"There are many questions asked in the interview The I.N.D.I.A. bloc will raise these and more questions in the debates in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha," Chidambaram added in another post.
Thakur questioned the party's apparent pro-Pakistan leanings, stating that even Pakistan doesn't defend itself as much as "Rahul-occupied Congress does."
On Congress leader P Chidambaram saying, "No proof Pahalgam terrorists came from Pakistan," BJP MP Nishikant Dubey alleged that the Congress has become a traitor organisation.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Monday rebutted former Home Minister P Chidambaram's remarks, saying that people "do not need any proof" over Pakistan's involvement in the Pahalgam terror attack, noting instances of Islamabad's involvement in previous terror activities.