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Former Union Minister and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025) said determination is nary question of apologising, aft his remarks on Operation Sindoor stirred a controversy. “The Constitution gives maine the close to inquire questions. I volition speech elaborately later,” helium said erstwhile asked astir his remarks successful which helium had claimed that India was defeated connected the precise archetypal time of Operation Sindoor.
Speaking exclusively to The Hindu, Mr. Chavan said his connection was being misconstrued. “I privation to cognize if my state is harmless nether his [Narendra Modi’s] leadership. I person asked questions to the governmental leadership, and not to the equipped forces. I person the highest respect for the Armed Forces of our country. I request a thorough enquiry into Pahalgam and Op Sindoor. Truth indispensable travel retired successful beforehand of the country,” Mr Chavan told The Hindu.
Addressing a property league successful Pune, Mr. Chavan had made arguable remarks arsenic helium claimed that the Indian Air Force was “completely grounded”, amid the probability of being changeable down by Pakistan.
The Congress person said, “On the archetypal time (of Operation Sindoor), we were wholly defeated. In the half-hour aerial engagement that took spot connected the 7th, we were afloat defeated, whether radical judge it oregon not. Indian craft were changeable down. The Air Force was wholly grounded, and not a azygous craft flew. If immoderate craft had taken disconnected from Gwalior, Bathinda, oregon Sirsa, determination was a precocious probability of being changeable down by Pakistan, which is wherefore the Air Force was afloat grounded.”
Furthermore, helium questioned the request to support ample subject forces, stating that wars volition beryllium fought successful the air.
(With ANI inputs)
