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Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar claimed that India had not been able to present any evidence that Pakistan was responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22.
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar (File Photo)
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar stoked a major row on Saturday by questioning whether Pakistan was indeed behind the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, saying that there was no evidence of it, and none of the 33 countries that were visited by all-party delegations from India had blamed Pakistan for the incident.
Speaking to IANS, Aiyar said, “None of the 33 countries that (Congress leader Shashi) Tharoor and his team visited blamed Pakistan for the Pahalgam terror attack. Neither the UN nor the United States have held Pakistan responsible. We are the only ones saying that Pakistan is behind it, but no one is willing to believe us.”
Watch: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar says, “None of the 33 countries that Tharoor and his team visited blamed Pakistan for the Pahalgam terror attack. Neither the UN nor the United States have held Pakistan responsible. We are the only ones saying that Pakistan is behind it,… pic.twitter.com/2xDf0EUPQb— IANS (@ians_india) August 2, 2025
“We haven’t been able to present any evidence that convinces people about which Pakistani agency carried out this act,” he added.
The BJP reacted furiously over Aiyar for aligning with Pakistani propaganda. “Maybe the grand old Congress party does not know that the monitoring panel of the United Nations Security Council has raised concerns over the role of the TRF, which is an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), in the attack,” said BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla.
“Maybe Congress does not know that the birth of terrorism took place in Pakistan, be it LeT or JeM, whose camps we destroyed in Operation Sindoor. It’s unfortunate that Congress is defending Pakistan and demeaning our armed forces,” he added.
“Congress party and its leaders continue to be top cheerleaders for Pakistan and find their true calling in peddling anti-India and pro-Pakistan propaganda. Indeed shameful,” said another BJP spokesperson, CR Kesavan.
‘India Could Not Defeat Pakistan’
These controversial remarks came after Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal made headlines by claiming that India could not defeat Pakistan in Operation Sindoor, which is why the government had to stop the water.
During a discussion with Gaurav Gogoi, Sanjay Raut and Sagarika Ghose, Sibal said the defence systems of India and Pakistan were at par and that India was not in a situation to continue the war. The BJP slammed Sibal’s remarks, calling them “Pakistani B team INDI alliance!”
Disgraceful!Leaders of the INDI Alliance openly claim:
“India couldn’t defeat Pakistan
“That’s why we had to stop the war”
“India wasn’t in a position to continue fighting”
Pakistani B team Indi alliance! pic.twitter.com/DfazIHq5Ha
— Pradeep Bhandari(प्रदीप भंडारी)🇮🇳 (@pradip103) August 2, 2025
Notably, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had recently told both Houses of the Parliament that India struck nine terror sites in Pakistan as part of Operation Sindoor and neutralised more than 100 terrorists. He affirmed that Pakistan’s DGMO called his Indian counterpart, after which the Centre decided to pause the conflict.
Shah also informed the House that all three terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam attack were eliminated in a joint operation by the Army, CRPF, and Jammu and Kashmir Police near Srinagar on Monday under Operation Mahadev.
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international…Read More
Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master’s in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international… Read More
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