NEW DELHI: MEA has strongly refuted Rahul Gandhi’s allegation that external affairs minister S Jaishankar had “informed” Pakistan about targeting its terror infrastructure as part of Operation Sindoor, calling the Congress neta’s charge “utter misrepresentation of facts”.
“We had warned Pakistan at the start — which was clearly during the early phase after Operation Sindoor’s commencement. This is being falsely represented as having occurred before the operation began. This utter misrepresentation of facts is being called out,” the MEA spokesperson said in reference to Indian Army’s communication to their Pakistani counterparts after the successful strikes on terror hubs deep inside Pakistan.
Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check Unit too asserted that the EAM’s remarks were being misrepresented. It said the video circulating on social media had been selectively edited to mislead viewers.
Rahul, on X, accused the Modi govt of compromising national security by allegedly notifying Pakistan ahead of Operation Sindoor. Sharing a video of Jaishankar, he wrote: “Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it. Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?”
The video features Jaishankar stating, “At the start of the operation, we had sent a message to Pakistan, saying, ‘We are striking at terrorist infrastructure and we are not striking at the military.’ So the military has the option of standing out and not interfering in this process. They chose not to take that good advice.”
Rahul’s criticism sparked swift rebuttal from the govt. The PIB Fact Check Unit dismissed the interpretation of the minister’s words as “false and fabricated”. It posted on X: “Social media posts quoting EAM @DrSJaishankar are implying that India gave advance information to Pakistan about #OperationSindoor. This is false and fabricated.” The agency further urged users to avoid sharing unverified content during sensitive national security operations.
PIB officials clarified that the EAM’s remarks were part of a tactical communication issued during the operation, aimed at emphasising that the Indian Army had targeted only terror infrastructure and deliberately spared Pakistani military assets, which would remain unharmed if Pakistan army chose not to escalate.
“We had warned Pakistan at the start — which was clearly during the early phase after Operation Sindoor’s commencement. This is being falsely represented as having occurred before the operation began. This utter misrepresentation of facts is being called out,” the MEA spokesperson said in reference to Indian Army’s communication to their Pakistani counterparts after the successful strikes on terror hubs deep inside Pakistan.
Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check Unit too asserted that the EAM’s remarks were being misrepresented. It said the video circulating on social media had been selectively edited to mislead viewers.
Rahul, on X, accused the Modi govt of compromising national security by allegedly notifying Pakistan ahead of Operation Sindoor. Sharing a video of Jaishankar, he wrote: “Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it. Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?”
The video features Jaishankar stating, “At the start of the operation, we had sent a message to Pakistan, saying, ‘We are striking at terrorist infrastructure and we are not striking at the military.’ So the military has the option of standing out and not interfering in this process. They chose not to take that good advice.”
Rahul’s criticism sparked swift rebuttal from the govt. The PIB Fact Check Unit dismissed the interpretation of the minister’s words as “false and fabricated”. It posted on X: “Social media posts quoting EAM @DrSJaishankar are implying that India gave advance information to Pakistan about #OperationSindoor. This is false and fabricated.” The agency further urged users to avoid sharing unverified content during sensitive national security operations.
PIB officials clarified that the EAM’s remarks were part of a tactical communication issued during the operation, aimed at emphasising that the Indian Army had targeted only terror infrastructure and deliberately spared Pakistani military assets, which would remain unharmed if Pakistan army chose not to escalate.
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