A media report on Sunday claimed that Colonel Sofia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh will be the faces of an ambitious women-centric campaign to be rolled out by the BJP on the completion of 11 years of the Narendra Modi government on June 9.
The BJP, however, strongly refuted the report, saying the party has no such plans.
“This is fake news,” BJP IT department head Amit Malviya wrote on X, sharing a clip of the newspaper report. “The BJP has no plans to use either Col Sofia Qureshi or Wing Commander Vyomika Singh as campaign faces,” he said.
This is #FakeNews. The BJP has no plans to use either Col Sofia Qureshi or Wing Commander Vyomika Singh as campaign faces. The comments made by BJP Minority Morcha President Jamal Siddiqui have been misconstrued. He simply made a limited point about highlighting Col Qureshi as an… pic.twitter.com/nPttvpTWMs
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) June 1, 2025
Col Sofia Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh came to limelight after they led the regular press briefings on Operation Sindoor, India’s military response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
Malviya also claimed in his post that that the comments made by BJP Minority Morcha president Jamal Siddiqui in this regard have been misconstrued.
“He simply made a limited point about highlighting Col Qureshi as an example of an empowered Muslim woman within the community,” he said.
The report had claimed that the BJP has asked its minority wing to mobilise its cadres to organise "chaupals" highlighting Col Qureshi and Wing Commander Singh as "role models" for women, particularly from minority communities.
Quoting sources, it said the party’s campaign will also be designed to consolidate women's support by highlighting schemes like Ujjwala Yojana, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao, and the women's reservation bill.
