Did BJP Present a 'Surrender' List of Ex-Congress Governments?

New Delhi, June 4 (NationPress) BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi held a press conference on Wednesday to deliver a severe critique of Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. He condemned Gandhi's comments regarding Operation Sindoor and the “Narendra, surrender” remark, asserting that such statements insult the Indian Armed Forces and compromise national dignity.

At the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Trivedi accused the Congress party of a history filled with surrenders, which he claimed Gandhi is trying to divert attention from with unfounded assertions.

“To grasp what true surrender is, one must recall Rahul Gandhi -- just two years ago, he traveled abroad and questioned: ‘Why are the defenders of democracy, America and Europe, silent and not interfering in India?’ That was surrender,” Trivedi remarked.

He referenced several instances, stating, “On July 15, 2011, Rahul Gandhi mentioned, ‘It’s impossible to totally control terrorism.’ That was surrender in the face of terror. After the 26/11 attack, your government claimed that composite dialogue would remain unaffected by terrorist incidents. This was surrender to a terrorist mentality.”

He continued to criticize previous Congress administrations for diminishing India's strategic stance. “In 1995, during the Narasimha Rao government, a phone call led India to halt its atomic explosion. That was surrender. In 1971, we captured 93,000 POWs, yet PoK surrendered. In 1960, you relinquished 80 percent of the Indus waters. In 1948, you gave away part of Kashmir. In 1947, one-third of India was handed over to the Muslim League. Rahul Gandhi, your party and family’s history is riddled with surrenders throughout Independent India's timeline,” he asserted.

Trivedi underscored that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India would never surrender.

“The Congress may surrender to anyone, but India will not. We are the only civilization that has survived thousands of years of invasions, a fact you seem reluctant to recognize,” he stated.

Referring to PM Modi as the “lion of Mother India,” Trivedi said, “Rahul Gandhi, due to your habitual, mischievous restlessness or cunningness, you frequently attack the Prime Minister, the Government of India, and the BJP -- we tolerate that. However, if you lie about India's self-respect and the valor of our armed forces, that will not be tolerated.”

He also suggested that Gandhi's distress over Pakistan and China experiencing setbacks was evident, linking Operation Sindoor to a decline in Chinese defense company stocks.

“Perhaps there’s a deep ache in his heart because Pakistan has faced a loss, and so has China. China's defense stocks -- anyone can verify -- AVIC Chengdu, which manufactures the PM-15 missiles, dropped by 9 percent. The firm producing JF-17 fighter jets saw a 15 percent decrease. Overall, AVIC's J-10 and JF-17 stocks have plummeted by roughly 20 percent,” he added.

Trivedi also targeted the Opposition bloc, accusing it of masquerading under a patriotic label, asserting, “The alliance that calls itself ‘INDIA’ has now revealed its true colors. Just as Pakistan has a PPP party, this ‘INDI’ bloc wears the mask of India but harbors Pakistan in its heart. Operation Sindoor has fully unveiled them. Merely naming themselves ‘INDIA’ does not make them genuinely Indian.”

Addressing Rahul Gandhi's reference to former US President Donald Trump's assertion of mediating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, Trivedi reiterated the Indian government's official stance.

“The Indian government has unequivocally denied any third-party mediation, including President Trump’s claim. If you believe Trump's assertion, then you should also recognize that he stated he averted a nuclear conflict -- which has been firmly rebutted by India’s foreign ministry. You cannot selectively quote him,” he concluded.