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किन्तु पुलवामा दुर्घटना के बाद हमारी वायु सेना द्वारा की गयी “Air Strike" के बाद कुछ विदेशी मीडिया में संदेह पैदा… https://t.co/nWDPqLvC1D — digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) 1551745464000

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday hit back at the Congress for demanding proof of the number of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists killed in the air strikes launched by the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Balakot, Pakistan last month.Talking to TIMESOFINDIA.COM, BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain alleged that the Congress trusts the foreigners and foreign media more than the Indian armed forces.He said, “While 130 crore Indians trust the IAF, a handful of opposition leaders are raising doubts over their valour in raiding the training grounds of the terrorists in Pakistan. So, should the armed forces take the Congress leaders also along with them during their raids from the next time?”Shahnawaz Hussain, who is also a member of BJP’s Central Election Committee, lamented that the Congress leaders were demanding proof at a time when not even the foreign countries were doing so.He was referring to the statements of Congress leaders such as Digvijaya Singh, Kapil Sibal, P Chidambaram and Navjot Singh Sidhu who questioned the basis for BJP president Amit Shah's claim that 250 terrorists were killed in the strike and asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi or his government was not giving out the details of casualties.Digvijaya Singh had tweeted earlier in the day, "Doubts are being raised in some international media following the "air strike" after the Pulwama accident. This is also raising questions on our government's credibility."Punjab minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said, "300 terrorist dead, Yes or No? What was the purpose then? Were you uprooting terrorist or trees? Was it an election gimmick? Deceit possesses our land in guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Stop politicising the Army, it is as sacred as the State," he said, adding "Oonchi Dukaan, Pheeka Pakwan" (big talk, no delivery).He said, "Skimmed milk masquerades as cream, things are seldom as they seem."Without taking any names, Chidambaram said, "IAF Vice Air Marshal declined to comment on casualties.""The MEA statement said there were no civilian or military casualties. So, who put out the number of casualties at 300-350," he asked.BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain said Congress president Rahul Gandhi had lauded the role of the IAF on February 26 and accused him of letting his lieutenants loose on the armed forces. “The Rahul army is pitted against the Indian Army,” he said.Shahnawaz Hussain recalled that when Indira Gandhi’s Congress government had ordered invasion of erstwhile East Pakistan and was instrumental in the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, all the opposition parties except the CPM had joined hands to hail the then prime minister.The BJP leader said as president of Jan Sangh, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had lauded Indira Gandhi and offered all cooperation to her.He charged that the Congress did not only not know how to remain in power but also did not know how to play the role of a responsible opposition.The BJP leader said it was highly unfortunate that Pakistan was running the Congress versions to bolster their own argument.Besides Shahnawaz Hussain, Union minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that senior Congress leaders were speaking the "language of Pakistan".He accused the Congress of "lowering the morale and prestige" of the forces by seeking evidence of the air strike carried out by the IAF on a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan.But the Congress leaders have taken on the BJP and accused them of spreading "false propaganda" over the February 26 air strike in Balakot in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.