BJP MP Nishikant Dubey says Congress ‘surrendered country’s pride’ by agreeing to Non-Attack Agreement with Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Godda MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday slammed Congress and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for “surrendering country’s pride and prestige to America” by agreeing the Non-Attack Agreement with Pakistan in 1985, in which both countries agreed to not attack each other’s nuclear facilities.

Dubey posted pictures of declassified US documents from 1986, which talked about the US’ role in ensuring peace between India and Pakistan. “The nuclear deal was also done by Rajiv Gandhi on December 17, 1985 with Pakistan’s President General Zia by surrendering his country’s pride and prestige to America, document”, the BJP MP posted on X.

न्यूक्लियर डील भी राजीव गांधी जी ने 17 दिसंबर 1985 को पाकिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति जनरल जिया के साथ अमेरिका के आगे अपने देश के आन बान और शान को गिरवी रखकर आत्मसमर्पण कर किया था,दस्तावेज pic.twitter.com/CgR0LlM7YJ

— Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) June 4, 2025

Dubey’s jibe comes two days after Congress leader and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi criticised PM Narendra Modi for “surrendering” to Pakistan after US President Donald Trump called him. Rahul Gandhi had said, “When Trump called Modiji-Modiji kya kar rahe ho, Narender-Surrender and with ‘ji hazooor’, Narenderji followed Trump”.

The document posted by Dubey is a memorandum for former US National Security Adviser John Poindexter, from September 30, 1986. It reads: “Our key optimal goal in South Asia is peace between India and Pakistan. In practical terms, this means the conclusion of a peace treaty between New Delhi and Islamabad. However, peace cannot be meaningful unless it includes some limits on the nuclear weapons programs of both countries. Thus, we hope to facilitate progress on bilateral arrangements which institutionalise the Gandhi-Zia December 17, 1985 agreement not to attack each other’s nuclear facilities…”

The declassified document, as shared by Dubey, also cites as an incentive that the US can help former PM Rajiv Gandhi with his “ambitious program of technological progress.”

Continuing his attack towards the Gandhi family in multiple other posts on X calling them as, Dubey questioned other instances which he considered as former PM surrendering to Pakistan to ensure that India gets Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) and a super computer from the US.

“Surrender despite the insignificant Shimla Agreement. Did Gandhi surrender to Pakistan under the deception of supercomputers and LCA aircraft or not? Should the meeting of Pakistan-India-US representatives on drug trafficking be considered American interference in the country’s internal affairs or not? In this paper, America has also talked about money for the leadership of Pakistan. Did India also surrender for money like beggars?” Dubey questioned.

The India-Pakistan Non-Attack Agreement was officially signed in 1988 and implemented in 1991. With the bilateral agreement, both countries decided not to target each other’s nuclear facilities. Every year, both countries also share the locations of a set of their nuclear facilities with each other. (ANI)