‘Struck Terrorists, Then Informed’: MEA Clarifies Jaishankar’s ‘Warned Pakistan’ Remark Amid Row

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Last Updated:May 22, 2025, 18:13 IST

A governmental tussle broke betwixt the BJP and Congress aft Rahul Gandhi posed questions astatine Jaishankar claiming that helium had informed Pakistan astatine the commencement of Operation Sindoor.

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jasiwal briefed the property connected India's existent relations with Turkiye and China. (Image: PTI)

Amid the governmental tussle betwixt the Congress and the BJP implicit the former’s assertion that EAM DR S Jaishankar had informed Pakistan astatine the commencement of Operation Sindoor, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) connected Thursday erstwhile again clarified that Islamabad was informed astir the retaliatory strikes aft they were carried retired successful Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

“We told Pakistan done the DGMO that we had exercised our close to respond nether Operation Sindoor, truthful we told them (about the attack) aft the incident," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said portion addressing a property briefing.

What’s The Row?

A governmental tussle broke betwixt the BJP and Congress aft Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi posed questions astatine External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar claiming that helium had informed Pakistan astatine the commencement of Operation Sindoor.

The Lok Sabha LoP connected Saturday shared an undated video of EAM Jaishankar successful which helium was heard saying that astatine the commencement of Operation Sindoor, a connection was sent to Pakistan that lone panic bases were being struck.

“At the commencement of the operation, we had sent a connection to Pakistan, saying we are striking astatine violent infrastructure and we are not striking astatine the military. So the subject has the enactment of lasting retired and not interfering successful this process. They chose not to instrumentality that bully advice," Jaishankar tin beryllium heard saying successful the video.

While sharing the video, Gandhi wrote, “Informing Pakistan astatine the commencement of our onslaught was a crime. EAM has publically admitted that GOI (government of India) did it. Who authorised it? How galore craft did our aerial unit suffer arsenic a result."

On Monday, Gandhi launched a caller onslaught connected EAM saying his soundlessness connected the fig of craft India “lost" aft Pakistan was “informed" astir the subject enactment nether Operation Sindoor is “damning".

Centre’s Stand

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had earlier said that a connection connected the timing of Pakistan being informed was being falsely represented.

“We had warned Pakistan astatine the start, which is intelligibly the aboriginal signifier aft Operation Sindoor’s commencement. This is being falsely represented arsenic being earlier the commencement. This utter misrepresentation of facts is being called out," the MEA had said.

Operation Sindoor

India launched “precision strikes" nether Operation Sindoor connected 9 panic targets successful Pakistan and PoK pursuing the Pahalgam panic onslaught that killed 26 civilians. The strikes killed astatine slightest 10 household members of JeM main Masood Azhar and 4 adjacent aides.

The sites targeted were the Pakistani bases astatine Rafiqui (Shorkot, Jhang), Murid (Chakwal), Nur Khan (Chaklala, Rawalpindi) Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur and Chunian (Kasur). In the strikes, the aerial bases successful Skardu, Bholari, Jacobabad and Sargodha suffered extended damage.

(With inputs from agencies)

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