Rahul Gandhi reacts to Trump’s claims on jets shot down during Op Sindoor: ‘Why is he…?’ | Watch

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned why  US President Donald Trump was again claiming that he stopped the recent "war" between India and Pakistan and that five planes were shot down in the conflict.

"Why is he saying it so many times,” Gandhi told PTI before entering Parliament.

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Trump also claimed that the conflict between India and Pakistan "was probably going to end up in a nuclear war". "We stopped wars between India and Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda," he said at a reception in the White House with the Congress members. "They shot down five planes and it was back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. I called them and said, 'Listen, no more trade. If you do this, you're not going to be good…They're both powerful nuclear nations and that would have happened, and who knows where that would have ended up. And I stopped it," remarked Trump.

Meanwhile, on July 19,  Rahul Gandhi raised sharp questions at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, demanding an explanation about the US President Donald Trump's "five jets shot down" claims made in his speech.

US President Donald Trump's vague statement about five jets being downed during Operation Sindoor has led to a political face-off in India, with Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi calling for an explanation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP alleging that he has a "traitor's mentality".

In remarks made at a private dinner, Trump said five jets were shot down during Operation Sindoor, which was India's response to the Pahalgam terror attack in April, but did not specify whether the planes were Indian or Pakistani.  "In fact, planes were being shot out of the air. Five, five, four or five, but I think five jets were shot down actually," Trump said.

Operation Sindoor began with India striking terrorist infrastructure in nine locations in Pakistan, including the headquarters of the Jaish-e-Mohammed in Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Muridke, and Islamabad began claiming soon after that it had shot down several Indian jets, including three Rafales, which are the most advanced fighters in the Indian Air Force.