The Congress-led INDI Alliance has done it again—shot itself in the foot with reckless abandon. In a functioning democracy, a strong opposition is a blessing. But what India is witnessing today is not an Opposition acting in national interest, but a political cartel bent on sabotaging the country’s morale, global reputation, and internal unity.
Their latest antics in Parliament during the debate on Operation Sindoor are just proof that this is not a responsible Opposition, but a national liability.
Let’s begin with the context. After the gruesome terror attack in Pahalgam, where Pakistan-trained TRF terrorists executed 26 Hindu pilgrims at point-blank range after identifying their religion, the Modi government launched a daring cross-border operation—Operation Sindoor. It was a swift, precise, and powerful military response aimed at neutralizing terror infrastructure across the Line of Control. It sent a loud message—not just to Pakistan, but to the world—that New India doesn’t bleed silently anymore.
But how did the INDI Alliance react? Instead of standing with the government and security forces, they blocked Parliament for days, demanding a debate, not to laud Indian forces, but to question the legitimacy, timing, and even existence of the operation. The Congress, Trinamool, DMK, SP, and others behaved like Pakistan’s unofficial spokespersons. They repeated foreign propaganda, doubted statements by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and spewed nonsense about constitutional impropriety and electoral conspiracy. It was disgraceful.
When the government finally agreed to a 16-hour debate that ran from Monday afternoon till Tuesday night, what unfolded was nothing short of political suicide by the Congress bloc. Bereft of facts, data, or dignity, the Opposition leaders vomited conspiracy theories and half-baked arguments. Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Deepender Hooda, and even Sushil Kumar Shinde’s daughter Priya—the new face of dynastic mediocrity—all parroted lines written by poorly informed speechwriters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response was a masterclass in fact-based demolition. Over an hour and a half, he not only destroyed every hollow allegation, but also exposed the six-decade rot inflicted by the Congress party. He didn’t hold back: from Nehru’s Himalayan blunder of taking Kashmir to the UN, to gifting UNSC membership to China, to ceding strategic territory to Pakistan and China—Modi listed out each betrayal, with historical precision. It was not just a rebuttal. It was an indictment.
The Congress must be asked: How dare a party with this baggage of national sabotage question a government that is finally cleaning up the mess it left behind? How can those who demoralized the armed forces by questioning surgical strikes and Balakot airstrikes, now cast aspersions on Operation Sindoor? This isn’t just hypocrisy. It borders on treachery.
Even Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah exposed the vacuity of the Opposition’s claims. Shah minced no words in calling out Akhilesh Yadav’s baseless allegations on Operation Sindoor. Akhilesh, like others in this crumbling alliance, seems desperate, knowing well that Yogi Adityanath’s governance model has made him politically irrelevant in India’s most crucial state.
The tragedy is that the Congress and its allies could have used this debate to show maturity. Instead, they scored a spectacular self-goal. They forced the ruling party to recall buried truths and parade the Congress’s sins before an entire generation that grew up in the Modi era—and had perhaps forgotten the damage Congress inflicted.
As Modi rightly said, this is not the India of Congress rule, where strategic failures were hidden behind Nehruvian romanticism and media cover-ups. This is a Bharat that hits back when provoked. A Bharat that will not tolerate appeasement at the cost of national pride. A Bharat that remembers. A Bharat that demands accountability. And yes, a Bharat that cares a damn about nuclear blackmail.
Modi also demolished the repeated lies of U.S. President Donald Trump—without naming him, but with unmistakable force. He made it clear that no foreign influence played a role in India’s decision to consider the Pakistan army’s desperate request for a truce. In the same breath, he reiterated with full force that Operation Sindoor is not shut, merely suspended—and that any future misadventure by Pakistan would invite an even stronger response. The Congress and its allies, who were left speechless during the 16-hour Lok Sabha debate on Operation Sindoor, are now set to get a similar drubbing in the Rajya Sabha, where a nine-hour debate awaits them.
The Congress and its allies are, of course, free to dream about power. But the people of India have awakened. They’ve seen through the farce. They know who is building the nation—and who is betting against it. To borrow an old Telugu proverb, “Arasu tokkanela, kalu kadaganela” (Why stamp on filth and then regret washing your feet?). The people of India—all 1.4 billion of them—are watching. And they will not forget.
In the end, this was more than just a parliamentary debate. It was a referendum on who stands with India, and who stands against it. And the verdict, once again, is loud and clear: Modi builds, Congress betrays.
