Our Bureau
New Delhi
In the morning session of the Lok Sabha on July 29th, Home Minister of India, Amit Shah confirmed the success of Operation Mahadev. He informed the house that three terrorists who were involved in the April 22nd Pahalgam terror attack were gunned down by security forces yesterday.
The Home Minister informed that the security personnel killed three terrorists through Operation Mahadev and seized their rifles and ammunition which consisted of – an M9 and two AK-47s. The bullet shells from these rifles matched completely with those found in Pahalgam after the terrorist attack. Mr. Shah even showed ballistic reports that were confirmed from six scientists.
“After these terrorists were killed, their rifles were seized. One was an M9, the other two were AK-47s. We got these rifles flown to Chandigarh central FSL (forensic science laboratory) on a special plane. We generated empty bullet shells by firing these rifles and then matched them with those found in Pahalgam. It was confirmed that these three rifles were used to murder our innocent civilians. There is no room for doubt. I am holding the ballistic report, six scientists have cross-checked it,” Mr. Shah said.
After Operation Mahadev, the opposition had raised several questions on proper identification of those terrorists. He asked them that they were not happy that the terrorists were dead and why were they shielding Pakistan. He even shared the disappointment he felt from former Home Minister (P) Chidambaram who questioned the legitimacy of the terrorists being Pakistanis.
“I was pained when former Home Minister (P) Chidambaram ji questioned what the proof is that the terrorists came from Pakistan. What does he want to say? What will he gain by shielding Pakistan? I want to tell Chidambaram ji, we have proof that all three were Pakistanis. We have the Pakistan voter numbers for two of the three. We found chocolates manufactured in Pakistan on them. In front of the whole world, this country’s former Home Minister is giving a clean chit to Pakistan,” Mr Shah said, triggering loud protests from the Opposition benches.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, senior leader of the Opposition, on the other hand launched an all out attack on the government stating that the ruling party skipped a serious topic of how they let this attack happen.
“The Defence Minister spoke for an hour. Other ruling party MPs spoke too. Everything was spoken about, from Operation Sindoor to terrorism to national security to history. But one subject was skipped. On April 22, 2025, when 26 people were killed in front of their families, how did this attack happen, why did it happen?” she said.
She even quoted a victim’s line stating, “I saw my world end. There was not a single security guard. The country and the government had abandoned us there.” The Congress MP asked why there was no security and no first aid even though it was a famous tourist spot that expects 1,000-1,500 people each day.
“Why wasn’t a single soldier deployed there? Did the government not know that 1,000-1,500 people go there every day? There was no security, no first aid. These people went there sarkaar bharose (after trusting the government) and the government left them bhagwan bharose (to God’s grace),” the Wayanad MP thundered.
