‘They’ll continue to sit in opposition for next 20 years’: Amit Shah slams Congress over interruptions

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday objected to interruptions of Congress members during speech of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Lok Sabha and said “they will continue to sit there for the next 20 years”.

Without taking any names, Amit Shah alleged that Congress members have faith in some other country. “I object to the fact that they (the Opposition) don’t have faith in an Indian Foreign Minister, but they have faith in some other country. I understand the importance of ‘foreign’ in their party, but that doesn’t mean their party’s policies should be imposed here in this House. That is why they are sitting in the Opposition today, and they will continue to sit there for the next 20 years”, Shah said

इसलिए तो वो वहीं बैठे हैं और अगले 20 साल भी वहीं बैठे रहने वाले हैं

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He sought protection of Chair against interruptions by opposition members during Jaishankar’s remarks in the debate on Operation Sindoor. Jaishankar gave point by point reply to issues raised by Congress and said there was no third-party mediation in “ceasefire” with Pakistan.

“US Vice President JD Vance called the Prime Minister, warning of a massive Pakistani attack in the next few hours. Prime Minister, in his response, made it very clear, that if such an attack happens, it will meet with an appropriate response from our side. Now sir, that attack took place and was foiled by our armed forces, and I think the House should collectively appreciate the performance of the armed forces in foiling what was a massive attack on the 9th-10th of May. Now, our response, which the Prime Minister promised, was delivered. And it was delivered with devastating effect. I don’t have to say anything, every member has seen satellite pictures of Pakistani airfields. You can see from the state of those airfields, shown by the pictures, what was our answer”, he said.

“On 10th of May, we received phone calls, sharing the impression of other countries that Pakistan was ready to cease the fighting. Our position was if Pakistan was ready, we needed to get this request from the Pakistani side through the DGMO channel. That is exactly how the request came. I want to make two things very clear – one, at no stage, in any conversation with the United States, was there any linkage with trade and what was going on. Secondly, there was no talk between the Prime Minister and President Trump from the 22nd of April when President Trump called up to convey his sympathy, and the 17th of June, when he called up Prime Minister in Canada to explain why he could not meet,” he added. (ANI)