NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday expressed doubt over Operation Sindoor, saying “something is fishy” and raised questions alleging conflicting statements from top defence officials. Talking to reporters, Congress leader Ajay Rai said, “The CDS says something, the Army Chief says something else, and different people give different statements in completely different ways. This clearly indicates that there is something fishy.” He further urged the government to bring “truth and reality” in front of the country, saying, “the whole matter should be clarified.” His statement followed Air Force chief Amar Preet Singh’s remarks dismissing Pakistan’s claims of shooting down Indian fighter jets during Operation Sindoor, calling them “Manohar Kahaniyan.” Singh, who was addressing the press conference on the 93rd Air Force Day celebrations in New Delhi, said Pakistan has no evidence to support its claim, while India had shared images of damage caused to Pakistani targets during Operation Sindoor. He further said that the Pakistani government is making such claims to save face and mislead its public. Pakistan have repeatedly claimed that it downed several Indian fighter jets during Operation Sindoor. “If they think they shot down 15 of my jets, let them think about it. I hope they’re convinced about it, and they will cater for 15 less aircraft in my inventory when they come to fight again. So why should I talk about it? Even today, I won’t say anything about what happened, how much damage was done, how it happened, because let them find out,” Sindh said during the press conference. “Have you seen a single picture where something fell on any of our airbases, something hit us, a hangar was destroyed, or anything like that? We showed so many pictures of their places. However, they couldn’t show us even a single picture. So their narrative is ‘Manohar Kahaniyan’. Let them be happy, after all, they also have to show something to their audience to save their reputation. That doesn’t matter to me,” he added. Earlier in June, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, during an interview with Reuters, had said that India suffered initial losses during the conflict, but declined to give details. “What was important is, why did these losses occur, and what we’ll do after that,” Chauhan had told Reuters, addressing Pakistani claims of downed aircraft. Go to Source
