Ready to discuss Operation Sindoor in parliament, says government

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the government is ready to discuss all important issues like Operation Sindoor in parliament during the monsoon session which begins on Monday.

His remarks came amid the opposition’s demand that Prime Minister Narendra Modi make a statement on US President Donald Trump’s claim that he had brokered a ‘ceasefire’ between India and Pakistan during the military conflict.

The opposition has also trained guns at the government over Trump’s latest claim that at least five fighter jets were shot down during the aerial clash between the two countries.

Though Trump has not specified which country’s aircraft were downed, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has been insisting on the government to make a clarification on India’s losses during the confrontation.

Rahul had also accused the government of “informing” Pakistan in advance about targeting terror infrastructure as part of Operation Sindoor.

India launched air strikes at at least nine terrorist hubs in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir on May 7 in retaliation to the Pahalgam attack. India’s strikes sparked an intense military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

"Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it. Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?,” Gandhi, who is the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, had asked.

The ceasefire between India and Pakistan was first announced by Trump who said he forced both the countries to stop war by threatening them with stopping trade.

India, however, rejected his claims and said the decision for ceasefire was made bilaterally and there was no role of any third party.

At Sunday’s all-party meeting, several opposition parties demanded that the government make a clarification on Trump’s claims and that the prime minister give a statement in parliament.