Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (July 29, 2025) alleged that the ruling NDA lacked political will to carry out Operation Sindoor, and the entire exercise was carried out only to protect the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 28, 2025) pushed harder for the Election Commission of India (ECI) to accept Aadhaar and the Electors Photo Identity Card (EPIC) as identity documents in the Bihar Special Intensive Revision (SIR), saying “mass inclusion” and not “en masse exclusion” should be the outcome of the exercise in the poll-bound State.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has announced that he will “adopt” 22 children from Jammu Kashmir’s Poonch district who lost one or both parents during recent cross-border shelling linked to Operation Sindoor.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (July 28, 2025) asserted that Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, was only “paused” and the military action will resume if Pakistan indulged in any fresh misadventure.
The government has agreed to a 16-hour-long debate in Parliament on the Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor, but next week, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from an overseas visit.
Assam presents a prism of exclusion these days. The BJP state government led by Himant Biswa Sarma has kicked off a major eviction drive in this north eastern state in the past month raising troubling questions.
The Congress on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) claimed that there are “far deeper reasons” for Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation as the Vice-President than the health reasons cited by him, and said his resignation speaks highly of him but poorly of those who got him elected to the post.
The Government is open to discussing all issues in Parliament, including Operation Sindoor, it said in an all-party meeting held on the eve of the monsoon session, which begins on Monday (July 21, 2025).
Ahead of the monsoon session in the Lok Sabha on 21 July, INDIA allies are scheduled to hold an online meeting tomorrow. One may read between the lines that Trinamool Congress and Aam Aadmi Party are giving it a miss.
