"No Apology": Congress's Prithviraj Chavan Defiant On Operation Sindoor Remark

Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan has refused to apologise for his remark on Operation Sindoor – that India was "defeated on Day 1" of the military engagement with Pakistan in May. "I will not say sorry… haven't said anything wrong and have nothing to apologise for," he said Wednesday. "I don't want to say anything more now… but I will not apologise. There is no need… I did not make any wrong comment," Chavan insisted, adding fuel to a fire that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will, no doubt, use to excoriate its arch-rival, the Congress, in Parliament this week. The former Maharashtra Chief Minister kicked up a storm this week after claiming Indian military aircraft were shot down by Pak forces on the first day of Operation Sindoor. Speaking at an event in Pune, he also declared the Indian Air Force had been "completely grounded" as a result.