{"id":355266,"date":"2025-07-28T08:05:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=355266"},"modified":"2025-07-28T08:23:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:53:44","slug":"if-we-do-not-claim-pok-today-then-when-gaurav-gogoi-slams-government-in-lok-sabha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/if-we-do-not-claim-pok-today-then-when-gaurav-gogoi-slams-government-in-lok-sabha\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If we do not claim PoK today,\u2019 then when,\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Responding to Rajnath Singh\u2019s statement that India did not seek war or territorial gain, Gogoi asked, \u201cIf we do not claim Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir today, then when?\u201d; “Rajnath Singh ji says the government\u2019s intention was not to start a war. I ask, why? Why was war not our intention,\u201d he also questioned.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deputy leader of opposition Gaurav Gogoi on Monday launched a blistering attack on the BJP-led NDA government, accusing it of intelligence failure and failing to prevent the Pahalgam terror attack. Questioning lapses that led to the Pahalgam terror attack and criticising the centre\u2019s counter-terrorism response, Congress\u2019 deputy leader in the Lok Sabha asked why five terrorists responsible for the Pahalgam attack had not been caught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening the Opposition\u2019s debate in Lok Sabha, Gogoi took on Defence Minister Rajnath Singh saying he talked of \u2018ghus ke marenge (will hit you inside your country)\u2019. \u201cHe said the same thing when Pulwama happened. He said we dismantled the terror infrastructure after Pulwama, Uri then how did the terrorists come to Baisaran,\u201d Gogoi asked. \u201cRajnath Singh ji gave a lot of information, but as the Defence Minister, he never mentioned how terrorists from Pakistan reached Pahalgam and killed 26 people,\u201d he said in the speech shortly after the opening statement by Defence Minister<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also sought to know how many Rafale jets were shot down during India\u2019s Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. Gogoi was referring to a statement of Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, who said in an interview that India suffered initial losses in the air but declined to give details and US President Donald Trump\u2019s claims that 5-6 (fighter) jets were shot down. \u201cOne jet costs millions\u2026we want Rajnath Singh to tell the truth. How many jets were shot down? India has the courage to listen to the truth,\u201d Gogoi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to Rajnath Singh\u2019s statement that India did not seek war or territorial gain, Gogoi also asked, \u201cIf we do not claim Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir today, then when?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven today, Rajnath Singh ji is saying Operation Sindoor has only paused and not stopped. He says if Pakistan attacks again, we will respond. On one hand, they say terror infrastructure has been dismantled and on the other hand, they say terror attacks can happen again. Rajnath Singh says the government\u2019s intention was not to start a war. I ask, why? Why was war not our intention,\u201d he also questioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRajnath Singh said in 2016 that our strikes would destroy terrorist infrastructure. He repeated this in 2019. But today, the operation remains incomplete because Rajnath Singh hinted that Pakistan may act again in the future, how long will this continue?\u201d Gogoi asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also raising the ceasefire issue, Gogoi said \u201con May 10, our ambassador said India would respond. By evening, a ceasefire agreement was announced. If Pakistan was truly on its knees, why did we stop? Whom did we bow before?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He criticised India\u2019s foreign policy posture, referring to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit joint declaration. \u201cAt the BRICS summit, only the attack in Kashmir was condemned in the declaration, not Pakistan….what do you have to say about the $1 billion IMF and $800 million ADB packages to Pakistan?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Responding to Rajnath Singh\u2019s statement that India did not seek war or territorial gain, Gogoi asked, \u201cIf we do not claim Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir today, then when?\u201d; “Rajnath Singh ji says the government\u2019s intention was not to start a war. I ask, why? Why was war not our intention,\u201d he also questioned. Deputy leader of opposition Gaurav […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":355270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,1801],"tags":[16003,15808,19632,18748],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355266"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355272,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355266\/revisions\/355272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/355270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}