Islamabad, May 20, 2025: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has strongly rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi allegations, who claimed India had informed Pakistan in advance of launching Operation Sindoor, according to reports by Indian media.
The accusation originated from a recent interaction involving External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar at the Embassy of Honduras in New Delhi
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Gandhi, in a post on X, alleged that Jaishankar had accepted that the Indian government had alerted Pakistan ahead of the attack.
He wrote: “Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it. 1. Who authorised it? 2. How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?”
Gandhi also shared a video of Jaishankar’s remarks from the event.
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In response, the Ministry of External Affairs said, “We had warned Pakistan at the start, which is clearly the early phase after Operation Sindoor’s commencement.This is being falsely represented as being before the commencement. This utter misrepresentation of facts is being called out.”
The ministry clarified that Jaishankar’s comments referred to the operation initial phase and not to any prior warning before its commencement.
In the wake of the controversy, BJP firmly condemn Congress MP Rahul Gandhi criticism, and accused him of “speaking the language of Pakistan.”
