New Delhi:
A minister in Madhya Pradesh triggers a line after a widely interpreted comment of Colonel Sophia Qureshi as an aggressive reference, high ranked Indian Army Officer often saw with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri during a press briefing on Operation Sindoor.
BJP leader and tribal welfare minister Vijay Shah made controversial comments during a public speech, causing serious criticism from opposition parties and military veterans.
In a speech given by Mr. Shah at a gathering near Indore, he appeared to equalize the role of Colonel Qureshi in the army with a communal and gender insults for the purpose of Pakistan and its people. The Congress has demanded the state cabinet to remove its immediate removal, while Mr. Shah has since tried to define the situation by offering several apologies. Click here for India, Pakistan Consideration Pose Live Update
“Sister Sophia has brought glory to India by rising above caste and religion. She is more respected than our own sister. I salute her to serve her for her.
During his speech, Mr. Shah formed a connection between a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, killing 26 people, and Operation Sindoor. Referring to Colonel Qureshi clearly but infirmly, he claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “sent a sister” [the terrorists’] The community “In an Indian Air Force plane” teach them a lesson “to snatch their pride” and “a lesson. ,
“Those (terrorists) who had erased sindoor (sindoor) of our sisters (in the Pahgam terror attack). We avenged these ‘Kate-Paites’ people who sent their sister to their sister to destroy them. Our sisters widows, so Modiji sent his community’s sister to snatch them and teach them a lesson,” said the BJP leader.
Colonel Qureshi with Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has been the face of the official press briefing expanding Operation Sindor.
The Congress party called Mr. Shah’s remarks “derogatory, communal and embarrassing”. Party President Mallikrajun Kharge issued a statement on the social media platform X (East Twitter), urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately dismiss Shah.
“A minister of the BJP government of Madhya Pradesh has made a very derogatory, embarrassing and inexpensive comment about our brave daughter Colonel Sophia Qureshi. The terrorists of Pahgam wanted to divide the country, but the country was united during the entire ‘Operation Sindoor’, which was to respond to Mr. Mr..”
Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari posted a video of Mr. Shah’s speech on social media and accused the BJP of supporting “low thinking” and “hate -filled rhetoric”. The state unit of the Congress described Shah’s comments as “attack on national unity, military dignity and honor of Indian women”.
