{"id":12280,"date":"2025-07-01T12:05:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12280"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:05:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T12:05:03","slug":"indian-govt-faces-opposition-backlash-for-concealing-facts-on-may-7-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12280","title":{"rendered":"Indian govt faces opposition backlash for concealing facts on May 7 losses"},"content":{"rendered":"
India\u2019s opposition parties have launched a sharp tirade against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s\u00a0government, accusing it of concealing information\u00a0about the Indian military’s losses during the May 7 air confrontation with Pakistan and compromising national security under foreign pressure.<\/p>\n

Opposition leaders have referred to recent media reports quoting\u00a0Defence Attach\u00e9 Captain Shiv Kumar to state\u00a0that his remarks confirm\u00a0their long-standing concerns.<\/p>\n

Rahul Gandhi was absolutely right to call Modi \u201cSurrender Narender\u201d and Jaishankar \u201cJJ.\u201d<\/p>\n

Captain Shiv Kumar\u2019s statement corroborates what the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, had raised long ago.<\/p>\n

He had rightly questioned who authorized informing Pakistan, as it is\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/b0HNAbuVUz
\n\u2014 Srivatsa (@srivatsayb) June 30, 2025<\/p>\n

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reiterated that PM Modi\u2019s political decisions weakened India\u2019s defence posture and accused him of accepting a ceasefire under pressure from former US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Read more: India again admits jet losses in Pakistan clash, citing political limits<\/p>\n

\u201cCaptain Shiv Kumar\u2019s statement corroborates what Rahul Gandhi has said all along. It is clear that aircraft were lost due to the political leadership\u2019s directive not to engage Pakistani military assets,\u201d said a Congress spokesperson.<\/p>\n

The party also called Modi \u201cSurrender Narender\u201d and criticised External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar as \u201cJJ\u201d, accusing the government of prioritising optics over operational effectiveness.<\/p>\n

As shocking as this revelation is, Rahul Gandhi ji was once again right.<\/p>\n

There is a reason Trump keeps bringing up the ceasefire thing.<\/p>\n

Modi\u2019s diplomacy handicapped not only our defence but also our country https:\/\/t.co\/EK8Zi1f5c6 pic.twitter.com\/eUNGUuYDmc
\n\u2014 Armaan (@Mehboobp1) June 30, 2025<\/p>\n

The remarks in question were made by Captain Shiv Kumar at a seminar titled \u201cAnalysis of the Pakistan\u2013India Air Battle and Indonesia\u2019s Anticipatory Strategies from the Perspective of Air Power\u201d, held at Universitas Dirgantara Marsekal Suryadarma in Jakarta.<\/p>\n

According to Indian media, Kumar acknowledged that the Indian Air Force (IAF) “lost some aircraft” and attributed the losses to operational restrictions imposed by political leaders in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

‘IAF Lost Fighter Jets to Pak Because of Political Leadership\u2019s Constraints\u2019: Indian Defence Attachehttps:\/\/t.co\/ADjPZWN35x
\n\u2014 The Wire (@thewire_in) June 29, 2025<\/p>\n

In response, the Indian Embassy in Indonesia issued a formal statement rejecting the media\u2019s interpretation of Kumar\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis remarks have been quoted out of context, and the reports are a misrepresentation of the intention and thrust of the presentation,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

We have seen media reports regarding a presentation made by the Defence Attache at a Seminar.<\/p>\n

His remarks have been quoted out of context and the media reports are a mis-representation of the intention and thrust of the presentation made by the speaker.<\/p>\n

The presentation\u2026
\n\u2014 India in Indonesia (@IndianEmbJkt) June 29, 2025<\/p>\n

The embassy clarified that Kumar\u2019s presentation emphasised\u00a0civilian control over the Indian armed forces and reiterated that Operation Sindoor was a limited, non-escalatory mission targeting terrorist infrastructure, not Pakistani military installations.<\/p>\n

The conflicting narratives have further fuelled political tensions in India, with the opposition demanding transparency on the actual scale of losses and decisions made during the 86-hour conflict.<\/p>\n

Pakistan-India Ceasefire<\/p>\n

Tensions between Pakistan and India escalated on April 22, when an attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people.<\/p>\n

India immediately blamed Pakistan for the incident. Pakistan categorically rejected Indian accusations.<\/p>\n

India then undertook a series of hostile actions the next day on April 23, suspending the 65-year-old Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), cancelling visas for Pakistani citizens, closing the Wagah-Attari border crossing and ordering the shutdown of the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both the countries subsequently reduced\u00a0diplomatic staff at their respective embassies in the other’s territory.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tensions further escalated in the early hours of May 7, when Indian\u00a0missile strikes hit six cities in Punjab and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), destroying a mosque and killing dozens of civilians, including women, children, and the elderly.<\/p>\n

Read More: French intelligence official confirms downing of Rafale by Pakistan<\/p>\n

In a swift military response, Pakistan\u2019s armed forces shot down Indian warplanes, including three Rafale jets.<\/p>\n

The confrontation intensified again in the early hours of May 10, when India targeted several Pakistani airbases with missile strikes.<\/p>\n

In retaliation, Pakistan launched Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, damaging Indian military installations, including missile storage sites, airbases\u00a0and other strategic targets.<\/p>\n

On May 10, US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire had been reached following intense diplomatic efforts overnight.<\/p>\n

Minutes later, the agreement was confirmed separately by Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and the Indian foreign secretary.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

India\u2019s opposition parties have launched a sharp tirade against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s\u00a0government, accusing it of concealing information\u00a0about the Indian military’s losses during the May 7 air confrontation with Pakistan and compromising national security under foreign pressure. Opposition leaders have referred to recent media reports quoting\u00a0Defence Attach\u00e9 Captain Shiv Kumar to state\u00a0that his remarks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}