Govt misleading nation on loss of aircraft: Congress

NEW DELHI: Congress accused the Modi govt of misleading the nation on the loss of aircraft in the conflict with Pakistan, and said the BJP regime compromised national security , which was the reason it had not accepted the opposition's demand for a special session of Parliament to discuss the conflict.

"In another shocking revelation by Capt Shiv Kumar, it has emerged that the IAF lost fighter jets to Pakistan on May 7 during its targeting of Pakistan's terror-linked sites 'only because of the constraint given by the political leadership'," party spokesman Pawan Khera said.

He said the revelation by Captain Kumar was a "direct indictment of the Modi govt". Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "First the CDS makes important revelations in Singapore. Then a senior defence official follows up from Indonesia. But why is the PM refusing to preside over an all-party meeting and take the opposition into confidence? Why has the demand for a special session of Parliament been rejected?"