‘Completely Incorrect: CDS Normal Chauhan Rubbishes Pakistans Claims on Indian Jets Being Shot Down

Chief of Defence Employees (CDS) Normal Anil Chauhan on Saturday strongly rebutted Pakistan’s current declare of “downing” of Indian jets, amid rising tensions after India’s precision strikes below ‘Operation Sindoor,’ saying that the declare was ‘completely incorrect.’

His remarks got here after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday reiterated claims that the Pakistan Air Pressure had shot down six Indian fighter jets throughout current India-Pakistan stress.

“I believe what’s vital is that not the jet being downed, however why they have been being downed. So the great half is that we’re capable of perceive the tactical mistake which we made remediate, rectify it, after which implement it once more after two days, and flew all our jets, once more focusing on at lengthy vary. Completely incorrect, and that isn’t data which I stated is vital. What’s vital is why they have been downed. That’s extra vital for us. And what did we do after that? That is extra vital,” Normal Chauhan advised Bloomberg TV on Saturday. 

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CDS Chauhan additionally stated that regardless of having higher range than the neighbouring nation, India is at the moment forward of Pakistan on all fronts as a consequence of its long-term technique.

CDS Chauhan identified that regardless of each international locations gaining independence on the identical time and Pakistan being forward of India on numerous parameters, together with social, financial and per capita GDP, at the moment New Delhi is forward of them.

“Now, on the India-Pakistan relationship, we’re not working and not using a technique. After we gained independence, Pakistan was forward of us on each metric: social, financial, and GDP per capita. At present, India is forward on all fronts: financial efficiency, human growth, and social concord, regardless of our higher range. That did not occur by chance; it is a results of long-term technique,” ANI quoted Chauhan as saying.

“Diplomatically, we have reached out like in 2014 when the PM invited Nawaz Sharif. But it surely takes two fingers to clap. If all we get in return is hostility, then disengagement could itself be a sound technique for now,” CDS Chauhan added.