Congress MP questions surgical strikes, visit Pak & check: BJP

Some Congress leaders seems to be still in defying mood despite the party high command asked its leaders to stick to the party line on the Pahalgam terror attack. Congress MP and former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday said the government should take strong and decisive action against Pakistan following the recent terror attacCommittee meeting, Channi said the government had done nothing even 10 days after the attack. “We demand concrete steps, and the entire country is watching to see what action will be taken against Pakistan,” he said.k in Pahalgam, and questioned the authenticity of the 2019 surgical strikes, saying no one had seen any proof of them. Channi said, "If a bomb is dropped on our country, would we not know? They say we had conducted a surgical strike in Pakistan... nothing happened, the surgical strikes could not be seen, nobody found out." BJP Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari accused the Congress of "defending Pakistani terror".

SICK!

Rahul Gandhi's Congress continues to defend Pakistani terror!

Now Charanjeet Singh Channi questions our forces.

Why is Congress demoralising our forces at this critical time.

Congress is taking orders directly from Pakistan!#PehalgamTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/b2MIexdAQA

— Pradeep Bhandari(प्रदीप भंडारी)???????? (@pradip103) May 2, 2025

However, following strong criticism from the BJP, Channi backtracked from his remarks. “I have said earlier also that the Congress party, in this hour of grief, is standing by the government. If the government disrupts their (Pakistan's) water supply, air or whatever action it takes, we are standing like a rock with it,” he said. Channi said he had not sought proof and that the Congress stands with the government "like a rock" as it takes measures against Pakistan following last week's attack. 
Party leader and Delhi Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said in Hindi, "The Congress has questioned the Army and the Air Force again. Charanjit Singh Channi has said again that he does not believe that the surgical strike was carried out and that he wants proof. What kind of mindset does the Congress and the Gandhi family have that they repeatedly accuse the Army and Air Force of lying and say that Pakistan is telling the truth? This is despite Pakistan itself saying the surgical strike was carried out." "If you want proof so badly, visit Pakistan with (Congress MP and Leader of the Opposition) Rahul Gandhi and check where the surgical strike was done," he added.