Shashi Tharoor's remarks on Operation Sindoor draws jibe from own party
PTC News Desk: Indian delegation part of Operation Sindoor outreach led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor addressed a gathering in Panama City today.
"We have suffered attack after attack for almost four decades. It is just not acceptable for us to continue to bear the pain, the grief, the wounds, the losses and then merely go and tell the international community, look what is happening to us. Please help us. Please put pressure on the perpetrators to actually identify and prosecute the criminals," he said.
Referring to the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks he said, "We had all the evidence. We even captured one of the terrorists alive. A very brave policeman gave his life to capture Ajmal Kasab alive. He was identified, his home, his address, his village in Pakistan were identified.
#WATCH | Panama City | Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, "...Some women cried out The terrorists killed me too, and they said, 'No, go back, tell what happened to you. We heard, we heard their cries and India decided that the colour of the Sindoor, the vermilion colour on the… pic.twitter.com/VOcr3hq3RO — ANI (@ANI) May 28, 2025
"Not only India, but Western intelligence agencies had recordings of the chilling voice of the Pakistani cold-blooded handler giving daily minute-by-minute instructions to the killers in Mumbai. While the killings were going on, all the evidence was collected, and dossiers were established. What happened? Has a single person behind this outrage been prosecuted, let alone convicted? The answer is no. Sadly, Pakistan has chosen a policy of enabling terror," he said.
"What has changed in recent years is that the terrorists have also realised they will have a price to pay. On that, let there be no doubt. When, for the first time, India breached the Line of Control between India and Pakistan to conduct a surgical strike on a terror base, a launchpad - the Uri strike in September 2015. That was already something we had not done before," he added further.
The remarks are seen as indirect appreciation for PM Modi. This is not the first time Shashi Tharoor spoke in all praise for PM Modi. Earlier also similar remarks were echoed which have drawn stern responses from Congress leadership.
The Congress leader's latest remarks have drawn a sharp response from his party colleague Udit Raj.
"Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is the super spokesperson of the BJP. He doing Modi ji's chamchagiri (flattery) more than BJP leaders. Does he (Shashi Tharoor) even know what the earlier governments used to do? ... They (the Central government) are taking credit for the Indian Armed Forces. Shashi Tharoor has become the spokesperson for the publicity stunts of the BJP," Raj said.
- With inputs from agencies
