“If I speak it will be inside (the House)…I am aware of that (adjournment of Lok Sabha)..My opportunity is inside,” says Congress MP & LoP Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi after Lok Sabha adjourned till 1300 hours before commencement of discussion on Operation Sindoor.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 PM amid ruckus.

EAM Jaishankar to speak in Lok Sabha at 7.30 PM today. The Parliament will debate Operation Sindoor.

In a strongly worded post on X, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee lashed out at the decision to proceed with an India-Pakistan cricket match in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor.

“India must not engage with Pakistan in any sphere. The only engagement should be on the battlefield,” Banerjee declared, asserting that PoJK should be the only prize India pursues.

Condemning calls to keep politics out of sports, he wrote, “There is no cricket pitch wise enough to wash off the blood of our martyrs.” Banerjee emphasised that India’s Tricolour flies high not because of cricket, but because of the sacrifices of soldiers.

“Extending a handshake to a nation that fires bullets across our borders is not diplomacy—it’s a bloody betrayal,” he said, urging justice for Pahalgam victims over entertainment. “Anything less is an insult to our martyrs,” he concluded, demanding that the Line of Control be the only ground of contest.

Speaking at Gangaikonda Cholapuram on the birth anniversary of Chola emperor Rajendra Chola I, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that Operation Sindoor had shown the world how India would respond if its sovereignty was attacked.

“There is no safe haven for enemies or terrorists,” Modi declared, adding that the cross-border strikes created a new wave of self-confidence in the nation. The event coincided with the ‘Aadi Thiruvathirai’ festival, honouring the iconic king. Modi noted how locals turned his route into a spontaneous roadshow, echoing national pride over Sindoor.

“The world must now realise India’s strength,” the Prime Minister said.

Amid the row over Operation Sindoor, Congress leader P Chidambaram took to X to shut down trolls calling it ‘tools to spread misinformation.’

He wrote, “Trolls are of different kinds and use different tools to spread misinformation. The worst kind is a troll who suppresses the full recorded interview, takes two sentences, mutes some words, and paints the speaker in a black colour!”

Earlier, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram made several critical remarks on Operation Sindoor and the Pahalgam terror attack ahead of the Parliament debate on July 28, 2025. 

He questioned the government’s narrative that the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam attack came from Pakistan, stating there is no conclusive evidence that the attackers infiltrated from Pakistan.

He suggested they could be “homegrown terrorists.”

Chidambaram criticised the lack of transparency and information sharing by the government and investigative agencies, asking why the terrorists have neither been identified nor apprehended yet, and why the government is unwilling to disclose what the NIA has done. He accused the government of “hiding losses” during Operation Sindoor

Reacting to P Chidambaram’s remarks on the Pahalgam attack, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused the Congress of becoming a “traitor organisation.”

He alleged that the Congress once intended to “sell the nation away” and criticised Rahul Gandhi for signing an MoU with China’s Communist Party. “They can’t digest PM Modi’s strong leadership,” Dubey said during the Operation Sindoor debate.

PM Narendra Modi arrives in Parliament. Lok Sabha will hold a 16-hour special discussion on Operation Sindoor today.

Ahead of the Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said the Opposition would submit a list of speakers to the Speaker’s Office and demanded transparency from the government.

“Today, the government will have to tell the truth,” Gogoi asserted. Responding to P Chidambaram’s remark that there was “no proof” the Pahalgam attackers came from Pakistan, Gogoi said, “He will be able to give more information.”

Gogoi also confirmed that Congress MPs had signed the petition moved in the Lok Sabha and emphasised the need to address concerns raised in the media regarding the former Vice-President and Justice Varma.

During the Lok Sabha discussion on Operation Sindoor, Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav struck a dual tone, praising the Armed Forces while questioning the BJP government’s handling of terrorism. “We salute the bravery of our forces. Had they been given a chance, they might have even taken PoK,” he said.

However, he raised sharp concerns over repeated terror attacks, asking, “Why do these incidents keep happening under the BJP regime? Where did the Pahalgam terrorists go?”

Responding to P Chidambaram’s claim that there’s no proof the attackers came from Pakistan, Yadav remarked, “Congress was in power; maybe they had some sources.”

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju invoked the Ramayana ahead of the Lok Sabha special discussion on Operation Sindoor, India’s response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

“When Ravan crossed the Laxman Rekha, Lanka burned. When Pakistan crossed India’s red lines, terror camps faced the fire,” Rijiju posted on X.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is leading the discussion, hailing the military operation as strong and decisive. However, the Opposition is gearing up to challenge the government, particularly over former US President Donald Trump’s controversial claims of mediating a ceasefire to prevent a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan.

The Lok Sabha’s List of Business for Monday includes a special discussion on ‘Operation Sindoor’, India’s response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.

Since the Monsoon Session began on July 21, repeated adjournments have disrupted proceedings, as the Opposition continues to press for debates on the attack, Operation Sindoor, and Bihar’s ongoing SIR exercise.

Speaking ahead of the Parliament debate on Operation Sindoor, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi questioned the intelligence lapse before the Pahalgam attack and urged transparency. She praised the unity of Indians in rejecting polarisation efforts and highlighted key actions taken—suspending the Indus Water Treaty, banning Pakistani media and influencers, and halting bilateral trade and cricket ties.

While lauding diplomatic efforts, she expressed concern that the main perpetrators remain at large and warned against any move to normalise relations with Pakistan. “We sent multiparty delegations out in the world, but those four terrorists are still at large. We haven’t found them yet. Most importantly, they are trying to normalise the relationship. If India and Pakistan play a cricket match against each other anywhere in the world, it will be against the interests of the country,” the MP added.

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