‘Speaks Like Pak Leader’: BJP Slams TMC Minister For ‘Vile’ Remarks On PM Modi Over Op Sindoor

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Last Updated:June 07, 2025, 22:46 IST

The BJP on Saturday hit out at Kolkata Mayor TMC leader Firhad Hakim for what it called a “vile and disgraceful attack” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor.

The BJP on Saturday hit out at Kolkata Mayor and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim for what it called a “vile and disgraceful attack” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor.

BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya said that Hakim spoke like a “Pakistani leader” when he commented that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stopped the armed forces during Operation Sindoor “out of fear of a big country”.

Attaching a video of Hakim’s purported remarks, Malviya slammed the senior TMC functionary, accusing him of making a “disgraceful attack” on the PM on the instruction of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

In the video, Hakim was heard telling reporters, “The PM had halted the Indian Army’s barrage of attacks against Pakistan out of fear of a big nation, like a ‘kapurush’ (coward). How can the PM claim he has done anything big? How can he take credit for Operation Sindoor?”

Responding to the video, Malviya posted on X handle, “Listen carefully to what Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim is saying — the same man who once infamously called parts of Kolkata ‘Mini Pakistan’ and openly harbours dreams of turning India into an Islamic state.”

“Now, under clear instructions from his leader Mamata Banerjee, he has launched a vile and disgraceful attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He shamelessly claimed that PM Modi had no role in giving Pakistan a befitting reply through Operation Sindoor. He went a step further and labelled the Prime Minister a ‘coward’ for observing a ceasefire and not extending Operation Sindoor further,” Malviya remarked.

“Frankly, this rhetoric sounds less like an Indian leader and more like a Pakistani politician trying to belittle the Indian government and its leadership. Such statements expose the mindset of those who put partisan hate above national interest. The people of India will see through this,” he added.

Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7 when India targeted terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the April 22 Pahalgam attack, where terrorists killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in Jammu and Kashmir.

Both Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar have repeatedly rejected US President Donald Trump’s claims that the United States mediated the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, noting that the truce resulted from a direct bilateral agreement between the two nations without any third-party involvement.

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June 07, 2025, 22:46 IST