Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami, wrote a letter to the PM Narendra Modi, in which he urged the latter to confer the country’s highest gallantry award to Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman – the Indian Air Force MiG-21 pilot who was captured by Pakistan.
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Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, on Thursday, alleged before a Delhi special court that All India Institute of Medical Sciences forensic chief Sudhir Gupta has the original postmortem report of his wife Sunanda Pushkar and he has “deliberately concealed it”.
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Two days after a resolution was submitted in the Pakistan parliament to endorse Imran Khan for the Nobel peace prize for de-escalating tensions with India, the Pakistan PM said the person worthy of the award would be “the one who solves the Kashmir dispute.”
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi hit back on the prime minister and accused him of “stealing Rs 30,000 crore” and “delaying the arrival of the jets”.
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Narendra Modi also said people had seen the “effect of India’s foreign policy” in the recent developments and said this unity among Indians “had instilled a fear among anti-nationals both inside and outside the country”.
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A day after Pakistan released Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the IAF pilot who was in Pakistan’s custody for 60 hours. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, said the word “Abhinandan” used to mean “congratulations”, but its meaning will change now.
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Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid, in a tweet said, the Indian Air Force pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, earned his flying badge in 2004 and “matured” as a fighter pilot during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance rule.
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Among the seven killed in a Mi-17 crash in Jammu & Kashmir’s Budgam last week, the wife of a deceased Indian Air Force pilot urged social-media “warriors” to show restraint and not whip up sentiments over the India-Pakistan tensions.
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The senior Congress leader and former Kerala chief minister, after Abhinandan’s return, praised Navjot Singh Sidhu while crediting him for the pilot’s swift return.
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BJP Karnataka chief BS Yeddyurappa said that the return of the Indian Air Force pilot, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, from Pakistan was because the prime minister, Narendra Modi, warned the neighbouring country of dire consequences.
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