Bengaluru, May 17
Coming down heavily on Congress leaders who have demanded evidence of Operation Sindoor's success, Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Labour and Employment, Shobha Karandlaje, said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should send his party leaders on a "tour" to Pakistan.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Tiranga yatra organised in the Byatarayanapura Assembly constituency in Bengaluru on Saturday, she said state Congress leaders who doubt the claim of 100 terrorists being killed in Operation Sindoor should go to Pakistan and find out themselves.
"They should be made to stay in Pakistan for at least a year," she remarked.
"Our soldiers have fought against Pakistan. AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge has said his party would fully support the Centre in carrying out strikes on Pakistan. However, state Congress leaders are making contradictory statements. The Congress high command must clarify its stance," she urged.
"We don't know whether these statements from state Congress leaders are being made under directions from the high command," she added.