Mallikarjun Kharge calls Operation Sindoor 'chutput' war

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Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge has referred to Operation Sindoor as a 'Chutput war' (small-scale war).

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00:00Congress Chief Malikarjun Karge has questioned Operation Sindhu, calling it a small-scale war.

00:07Karge has essentially referred to Operation Sindhu as Chhutput War,

00:12and again has raised a question that he has raised previously,

00:16where he said that the Prime Minister cancelled Kashmir's trip.

00:20He was supposed to go there before the Pelgam attack,

00:23but he cancelled it after Intel suggested that there was some sort of security breach.

00:27So why didn't the Prime Minister protect tourists as well?

00:30So this is something that the Congress Chief had raised earlier too.

00:34Again, Malikarjun Karge saying the Prime Minister had cancelled his visit to Kashmir just days before the Pelgam attack.

00:57So he said that the Prime Minister has said that the Prime Minister will continue to come to Pakistan,

01:09and Kashmir will continue to come to the government.

01:13But therefore, if you do not cancel yourself, you will not cancel your health.

01:20This is the case of you,

01:23as you die via Kashmir PHOTKANTH,

01:26program 1 cancel yourself.

01:29You do not say this tourist as police,

01:34that you will not say that,

01:36you will not say this,

01:38and that you will not say that,

01:40you will not say that.

01:42હેણીતરે ઇપતાર પ્રાણગળના ઉળીતિવુ મતુ નમ્મા ઇગે નુણુ નાવુ હેચ્ચુ કડમે ચુટ્પુટુ યુદ્દગ�

02:12નો ન્તડ ની નુડ ની નુ નુ નુણળ્તાળનેણ્ત

02:18So, that's Malikarjung Kargay there speaking in Karnataka,

02:29questioning the government over the response post the Pedalgam attack.

02:32Nagarjun Dwarkanath is joining us live with more details on this.

02:36Nagarjun, you've got essentially the Congress Chief there questioning,

02:40mocking Operation Sindhu, referring to it as, you know,

02:44a chudput action or a chudput war.

02:45While to quote him verbatim, he said what has happened in the last few days,

02:50the chudput action or the war that has happened in India

02:53and Pakistan takes the help of China is what the continuation of the statement is.

02:57But nevertheless, he called Operation Sindhu as chudput war

03:01and also questioned the Prime Minister that he had intelligence information

03:04about attacks being happening in Kashmir and hence he cancelled his schedule to Kashmir on May 17th.

03:10But if this, sorry, April 17th, if this information was given to the tourists,

03:16he says that 26 lives would have been saved as well.

03:18Why is Modi being treated specially then compared to the tourists?

03:22And intelligence had given to the Prime Minister certain information about attacks in Kashmir

03:27and hence the Prime Minister cancelled the scheduled event in Kashmir in the last moment.

03:31And later he said that whatever has happened recently is just a chudput war

03:36and this was happening in Hospit while the Congress government in Karnataka

03:40was celebrating his two-year anniversary, inviting Kharge and Rahul Gandhi on stage.

03:44Okay, so you've got another attack coming in from Congress Chief Malikarjun Kharge

03:49and as Nagarjun also gave you those details,

03:51he's also made a mention of the Prime Minister's trip to Kashmir

03:55just before the Pelgam attack, which was also cancelled.

03:58Now Malikarjun Kharge has questioned and claimed that it was cancelled due to security reasons

04:03and yet the government did nothing to protect these tourists.

04:06This is something that the Congress Chief has said before Nagarjun

04:08after which the BJP also demanded evidence, proof from the Congress.

04:13They of course didn't respond to that but clearly Kharge right now

04:16sticking to his gun so on that attack.

04:18Nagarjun, just stay with me.

04:19Nalinkoli of the BJP is joining us on this broadcast.

04:23Mr. Nalinkoli, your response to Malikarjun Kharge,

04:25he's referred to Operation Sindur,

04:27effectively saying that what's happened in the last few days

04:29was a chudput small-scale war,

04:32or a chudput response?

04:36Coming from the National President of the Congress Party

04:40to consider Operation Sindur to be a chudput war

04:44is very inappropriate.

04:49In effect, it also shows that the Congress Party

04:52in its desperation to score political points

04:55where none are required is willing to cross every limit

04:59in undermining the effort of our armed forces,

05:04undermining the damage that the Pakistani terror network

05:09and also military establishment has had to undertake

05:14in wake of India's very, very determined response

05:17and undermines the general fight against terror

05:24and against Pakistan in terms of promoting terror.

05:29So, when he speaks to Malikarjun Kharge,

05:34a very senior and seasoned political person,

05:37he's sending a message

05:38that India does not, in a sense,

05:42recognize the effort of its armed forces.

05:45It does not acknowledge

05:47the damage to the Pakistan-based terror organizations

05:51and also the military establishment

05:52that has been hurt

05:53by the missiles that were from this side of the border.

05:58It does not acknowledge

06:00how the Indian defense system

06:03did not allow Pakistani missiles, drones

06:06to penetrate into India in large numbers.

06:11It undermines everything.

06:13And the Congress Party has much to answer

06:16to the people of India

06:17if they believe that this is a national issue.

06:21Mr. Nalankoli, I'd also like your response

06:23to another aspect of what Mr. Kharge said.

06:25He said this before, of course.

06:26But the Congress Chief is essentially indicating here

06:29that Prime Minister Modi

06:30had cancelled his trip to Kashmir,

06:32which was scheduled to happen

06:33just days before the Pahalkam terror attack

06:35because the government had intel

06:37of some sort of security threat.

06:39And so he's questioned

06:40why the government didn't protect these tourists.

06:42What's the BJP's response to that, sir?

06:45First of all, as far as I'm aware,

06:46Mr. Manikarjun Kharge

06:48is not exactly handling

06:49the travel programming

06:50of the Honourable Prime Minister of India.

06:53And at least, not to my knowledge,

06:55anyone in the Congress Party is.

06:57What is the basis of this statement?

06:59Is it just another manufactured statement?

07:02Just to create an angularity

07:04and manage to sort of create

07:06a media debate

07:08around something that has no basis?

07:11Look at what they did

07:11with Pegasus, Pegasus, Pegasus.

07:14Finally, the Supreme Court said,

07:16give your phones.

07:16No, no, no, we won't give our phones.

07:19Look at what they said

07:20on Rafale, Rafale, Rafale.

07:22Rafales were used

07:23in this operation also.

07:26And finally,

07:27the Supreme Court rejected all of it

07:28after the Supreme Court

07:29studied everything.

07:31So the Congress Party

07:31seems to have developed

07:33a whole norm.

07:35They have always done that

07:36with elections.

07:37The EVMs are all rigged.

07:39But when they win elections,

07:40the EVMs are very good.

07:42Electronic voting machines.

07:43So the Congress Party

07:44seems to have become

07:46a rather regular,

07:48habitual,

07:49political plan

07:51that they seem to follow

07:52is somehow raise

07:53a narrative.

07:55It doesn't matter

07:56whether the narrative

07:56is false or true.

07:58Then ask on this

07:59narrative which has no basis.

08:01The government should answer.

08:04And then,

08:04because the government

08:05has better things to do

08:06than waste time

08:07in giving responses

08:08to a manufactured narrative

08:10without any basis,

08:12then they say

08:12because you are not

08:13answering back

08:13so you have something

08:14to hide.

08:15So this seems to be

08:16the pattern

08:17of the Congress

08:18media thinking.

08:19Now how far

08:20would one consider

08:21this to be

08:21a mature thinking

08:22coming from

08:23what they say

08:24the 125-year-old party?

08:27Well, that is really

08:27for people to reflect.

08:29All right.

08:30Mr. Nalankoli,

08:30thank you very much

08:31for joining us here

08:32on India Today.

08:33Sir Nalankoli

08:33of the BJP

08:34responding to the charges

08:36being leveled right now

08:37by Malikar Junkargi

08:38but I want to play out

08:39once again for you

08:39exactly what the

08:41Congress Chief said.

08:41happened to the

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