NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) launched a scathing assault on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday, and accused him of undermining nation’s navy operation and echoing Pakistan‘s narrative in his current feedback about Operation Sindoor.BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya posted a picture evaluating Gandhi with Pakistan’s navy management.“It isn’t stunning that Rahul Gandhi is talking the language of Pakistan and its benefactors. He hasn’t congratulated the Prime Minister on the flawless Operation Sindoor, which unmistakably showcases India’s dominance. As an alternative, he repeatedly asks what number of jets we misplaced—a query that has already been addressed within the DGMO briefings,” Malviya stated in a put up on X.“Curiously, he hasn’t as soon as inquired about what number of Pakistani jets have been shot down throughout the battle, or what number of have been destroyed whereas parked of their hangars when Indian forces pounded Pakistani airbases. What’s subsequent for Rahul Gandhi? The Nishan-e-Pakistan?” he added.The controversy intensified after Rahul Gandhi questioned exterior affairs minister S. Jaishankar‘s remarks on Operation Sindoor, which was carried out in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault. Rahul Gandhi recommended that advance warning to Pakistan might need compromised the operation’s effectiveness, calling it “not only a lapse, however against the law.”“EAM Jaishankar’s silence isn’t simply telling — it’s damning. So I’ll ask once more: What number of Indian plane did we lose as a result of Pakistan knew?” Gandhi posted on Monday, reiterating allegations that the federal government’s forewarning allowed Pakistan to organize. “This wasn’t a lapse. It was against the law. And the nation deserves the reality,” he added.Congress chief Pawan Khera countered Malviya’s criticism by referencing historic situations of BJP leaders’ interactions with Pakistan, together with mentions of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai’s Nishan-e-Pakistan award and different diplomatic engagements.“We wish to ask the political management of this nation that you just knowledgeable Pakistan beforehand, is that this the rationale why Azhar Masood and Hafiz Saeed may escape?…As far as Nishaan-e-Pakistan is worried, their chief, Morarji Desai, was the one Indian politician who was awarded it,” Congress chief Pawan Khera stated.“Some extra individuals deserve Nishan-e-Pakistan, like Lal Krishna Advani and the one that went to eat biryani with Nawaz Sharif with out being invited. We expect he’ll get Nisha-e-Pakistan. There’s one other one who deserves Nisha-e-Pakistan- the one who stated ‘in the beginning of the motion’. These are the phrases of EAM Dr S Jaishankar, who knowledgeable Pakistan that we’re taking motion solely on terrorist hideouts. He has very shut relations with America.So now let’s have a look at what award he will get from which nation,” he added.In the meantime, the ministry of exterior affairs had firmly rejected Gandhi’s allegations about prior notification to Pakistan. The MEA clarified that communication with Pakistan occurred solely after Operation Sindoor was underway, dismissing claims of advance warning as “misrepresentation of details.”