Pakistan not isolated as it was after Mumbai attack: Cong jabs govt on Operation Sindoor anniversary

Taking a swipe at the government the Congress on Thursday said that in spite of extensive diplomatic outreach by India following Operation Sindoor Pakistan did not get isolated as it had been after the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and has come in for praise from the US military establishmentOn the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor the opposition party recalled that the first announcement of the ceasefire that halted the operation unexpectedly was made at 537 PM IST on May 10 2025 by US Secretary of State Marco RubioCongress general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh said As we celebrate the first anniversary of the launch of Operation Sindoor and salute the achievements of our armed forces it would be useful to recall the followingThe first announcement of the cease fire that halted Operation Sindoor unexpectedly was made at 537 PM IST on May 10 2025 by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio who claimed that it was intervention by President Trump that had made this possibleSubsequently the US President has repeated this claim over a hundred times in different countries without ever having been refuted even once by his good friend Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ramesh said on XChief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan made a statement in Singapore on May 30 2025 where he had stated that India had suffered initial losses as a result of tactical errors but that after review and correction India was able to understand the tactical mistakes and return with precision strikes deep inside Pakistan demonstrating resilience and adaptability Ramesh recalledOn June 10 2025 in a seminar in Jakarta the Defence Attache in the Indian embassy in Indonesia acknowledged that India had lost aircraft on May 7 2025 because of the constraints laid down by its political leadership he saidThe Deputy Chief of Army Staff Lt General Rahul Singh made a statement on July 4 2025 that had drawn pointed attention to Chinas very deep role in Pakistans response to Operation Sindoor providing in addition to critical equipment and ammunition live inputs including satellite imagery and realtime targeting support he saidYet the Modi Governments calibrated capitulation to China continues unabated including the loss of traditional patrolling rights in Ladakh record Chinese imports relaxation of FDI norms etc Ramesh allegedIn spite of extensive diplomatic outreach by India Pakistan did not get isolated as it had been following the Mumbai terror attack in November 2008 On the contrary its army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has been embraced with extraordinary warmth by President Trump from June 2025 onwards and the worlds leading sponsor of crossborder terrorism namely Pakistan has come in for praise from the US military establishment the Congress leader saidIt also bears recall that just a few days after the Kargil War ended in July 1999 the Vajpayee government had set up a fourmember Kargil Review Committee chaired by the countrys strategic affairs guru K Subrahmanyam the father of the External Affairs Minister to examine the sequence of events and recommendations for the future Ramesh pointed outIt submitted its report titled From Surprise to Reckoning on January 7 2000 The report was tabled in Parliament on February 23 2000 he saidIn response to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 in which 26 people mostly tourists were killed India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 last year carrying out airstrikes on nine terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied KashmirThe action triggered a rapid escalation in tensions with Pakistan launching retaliatory strikes though most of them were thwarted by the Indian militaryThe hostilities ended with an understanding on halting the military actions on May 10 following talks over the hotline between army officials of the two sidesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever