Jaishankar hits back at Cong on allegation of 'tipping off' Pakistan

The opposition Congress party's allegation that the government tipped off Pakistan before military strikes on terrorist infrastructure on May 7 was described by external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday as dishonest and a misrepresentation, people familiar with the matter said.

- Rezaul H Laskar

NEW DELHI:

The issue, which the Congress has used to repeatedly target Jaishankar, figured in a meeting of the parliamentary consultative committee on external affairs that was chaired by the minister.

The meeting focused on Operation Sindoor, launched to target terrorist facilities on Pakistani soil in retaliation for last month's Pahalgam terror attack, and India's new approach to combating cross-border terror, the people said on condition of anonymity.