Amit Shah says Mamata opposed Op Sindoor to ‘appease’ votebank; TMC hits back, calls on Home Minister to quit over ‘failures’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of opposing Operation Sindoor to “appease” the Muslim votebank.Hitting back, Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress denied Shah’s accusation and called on the Home Minister to resign, taking responsibility for “all the failures” that led to the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
The attack in south Kashmir’s Pahalgam killed 26 civilians on April 22. As part of India’s response to the attack, the armed forces carried out Operation Sindoor on May 7, striking terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoK.
Addressing BJP workers in Kolkata, Shah linked the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections with national security. He hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “deciding to carry out Operation Sindoor” and came down heavily o...