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Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi stoked row as he questioned the 2016 Surgical strike on terror launchpads in PoK, alleging that “nothing happened”. The BJP has hit back at him.
Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi stokes row (PTI Image)
Amid buzz over a possible military response to the Pahalgam terror attack, Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday stoked controversy as he raised questions on the Surgical strike conducted by the Indian Army in PoK in retaliation for the Uri attack in 2016.
While attacking the Centre over its answer to the Pahalgam massacre, he said that “nothing happened” on the ground as “nobody knew anything about it”.
Channi Stokes Row
The Congress MP attacked the BJP over Indian Army’s surgical strike back in 2016 and said that it was “nowhere to be seen”.
Delhi: Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi says, “Hamare desh mein aakar koi bomb gire pata nahi chalega. Kehte hain ji Pakistan mein humne surgical strike kiye the. Kuch nahi hua, kahin nahi dikhe surgical strike, kisi ko nahi pata chala…” pic.twitter.com/RS8K2QO6hf— IANS (@ians_india) May 2, 2025
“Hamare desh mein aakar koi bomb gire pata nahi chalega. Kehte hain ji Pakistan mein humne surgical strike kiye the. Kuch nahi hua, kahin nahi dikhe surgical strike, kisi ko nahi pata chala. We demand that the government do something. Tell the nation who is involved and punish them. (If a bomb falls in our country, no one will even notice. They say, “We carried out surgical strikes in Pakistan.” Nothing happened—no one saw any surgical strike, and nobody knew anything about it),” Channi, a former Punjab Chief Minister, said at a press conference after the Congress Working Committee meeting in the national capital.
As the controversy erupted over his remarks, Channi said that the Congress stands with the government on the issue of the Pahalgam attack.
“There is nothing about surgical (strike) today. Its proof is not asked for, and I am not asking for it either. What I am saying is that don’t try to divert this (Pahalgam Terrorist Attack). This is a very sensitive issue. Tu idhar udhar ki baat matt kar, bata ki kaafila luta kyun…The innocent tourists who were killed after being asked about their religion – country and those families want justice today. Government should provide them justice. We are with the Government in every way,” he said.
BJP Reacts To Channi’s Remarks
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey lashed out at the Congress MP with a poem in Hindi.
अभी कांग्रेस की मीटिंग के बाद वरिष्ठ नेता चरणजीत चन्नी भारत सरकार के सर्जिकल स्ट्राइक को झूठ बता रहे हैंजिस हिंदू का खून ना खौलेखून नहीं वो पानी हैभारत के जो काम ना आएवो बेकार जवानी है— Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) May 2, 2025
“After the Congress meeting, senior leader Charanjit Channi is calling the Indian government’s surgical strike a lie,” he posted on X.
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