ISLAMABAD: The All India Congress Committee on Monday questioned Defense Minister Rajnath Singh for misleading parliament by saying no soldiers were killed during Operation Sindoor, noting that the recent addition of six names to the National War Memorial contradicted his statement.
India's opposition Congress party, in a post on X, shared a video clip of Colonel Rohit Chaudhry (retd), chairman of the Congress's ex-servicemen department of the All India Congress Committee, addressing a press conference in New Delhi, saying that Singh had "insulted" the soldiers who died during the operation by claiming in parliament that the military had suffered no losses.
Chaudhry said the defense minister had told parliament, "If you want to ask a question, ask this: was there any loss of our brave soldiers in this operation? The answer is no."
Holding up a list, the committee chairman said the names of six personnel had since been added to the National War Memorial in New Delhi, more than 13 months after the operation ended and with no formal announcement, arguing that the inscription contradicted the minister's statement and that the names prove the statement was a lie.
"Rajnath Singh lied to the nation, lied in Parliament," he said, adding that "he should resign."
He further claimed that 10 soldiers had died during Operation Sindoor and questioned why only six names had been added to the memorial.
"Where are the names of those four other brave soldiers who were martyred?" Chaudhry said.
“In the BJP, neither is responsibility taken, nor is there accountability, nor responsibility; there is only lies and fraud.”
Chaudhry also played a video of a woman identified as the mother of an Indian Air Force serviceman, Surendra Moga, who criticized Singh's remarks and said they had compounded her family's grief.
