New Delhi

Questioning P Chidambaram over his remarks on Operation Sindoor, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the senior Congress leader should tell whether the wars between India and Pakistan in 1965 and 1971 were "decisive" enough, as terrorism still continued over the decades post-conflict.

Amit Shah responded to Chidambaram's remark after the former Home Minister in Rajya Sabha stated that only time will tell whether Operation Sindoor was "decisive" or not.

Speaking during the debate on Operation Sindoor in the Rajya Sabha, Amit Shah said, "Chidambaram sahib yesterday stated that it cannot be said that Operation Sindoor was decisive. I want to ask him whether the 1965 and 1971 wars were decisive. If they were decisive, then why did terrorism continue to spread? For all these years, no action was taken to intimidate them (terrorists), so why would they have been afraid?"

Home Minister further pointed out the response actions of the Congress governments whenever a terrorist attack was carried out in the past.

"Earlier, we only kept sending dossiers, but Narendra Modi gave a reply to them (Pakistan) with an airstrike and a surgical strike. Khauf paida ho gaya," Shah said.

Criticising Chidambaram over his "evidence" remark on Operation Sindoor, Amit Shah said, "During his tenure as home minister, Afzal Guru was not hanged. Who started talking about Hindu terrorism? I can proudly say before the people of the nation that no Hindu can ever be a terrorist."

Earlier, Chidambaram in the Rajya Sabha stated it would take time to tell whether the operation was "decisive".

"We have been demanding a special session of the Parliament to discuss the Operation Sindoor, but for their own reasons, the government kept denying it. Anywhere around the world, every time there is a war, there is a session in the Parliament to discuss various aspects of the war. So if you ask me, I would call the Operation Sindoor successful, but only time will tell if it was decisive or not..." Chidambaram said.

Earlier this week, veteran Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, P Chidambaram, said that multiple "trolls" are allegedly spreading misinformation and painting him "in a black colour" over his recent remarks on the Centre's handling of the Pahalgam terror attack, and the subsequent Operation Sindoor.

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"Trolls are of different kinds and use different tools to spread misinformation. The worst kind is a troll who suppresses the full recorded interview, takes two sentences, mutes some words, and paints the speaker in a black colour!" the Congress leader posted on X.