Congress criticized Prime Minister Modi for this statement, saying that the Modi government hid the facts from the nation.
India’s defense attaché in Indonesia, Captain Shivakumar, has admitted that Indian Air Force fighter jets were destroyed during the aerial clash with Pakistan on May 7.
According to a report by the Indian website ‘The Wire’, Captain Shivakumar revealed during a seminar that the Indian planes were shot down because the political leadership had stopped the army from attacking Pakistani military targets.
Although Captain Shivakumar avoided giving the exact number of planes, he admitted that “we must have lost some planes.”
On the other hand, the Indian embassy in Indonesia has issued a clarification, calling the statement “out of context”.
The Indian opposition party Congress criticized Prime Minister Modi for this statement, saying that the Modi government hid the facts from the nation.
It may be recalled that Pakistani officials had claimed that the Pakistan Air Force had shot down six Indian fighter jets, including a Rafale, in the 5-day war.
