Parliament to debate Pahalgam terror attack, but terrorists responsible for it are yet to be brought to justice, says Congress

With the Lok Sabha scheduled to start a 16-hour debate on Pahalgam-Operation Sindoor on Monday (July 28, 2025), the Congress on Sunday (July 27, 2025) said the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam terror attack have not yet been apprehended.

The party also pointed out that U.S. President Donald Trump had claimed 26 times that he stopped the India-Pakistan hostilities by “threatening to stop trade with them”.

“The Lok Sabha is scheduled to begin a 16-hour debate on Pahalgam-Op Sindoor tomorrow and the Rajya Sabha is set to do so day after tomorrow. The INC had been demanding a special two-day session of Parliament immediately after Operation Sindoor was abruptly halted. That demand was ignored. Nevertheless, better late than never,”Congress communication chief Jairam Ramesh said on X.

“The Pahalgam terror attacks took place on April 22, 2025. The terrorists directly responsible have still not been brought to justice. Reportedly they were involved in earlier terror attacks in Poonch (Dec 2023) and Gangagir and Gulmarg (Oct 2024),”Mr. Ramesh added.

The Congress leader also pointed out that at the all-party meeting, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on April 24, questions on intelligence lapses were raised.

“On July 14, 2025, the LG of J&K Manoj Sinha publicly admitted that the Pahalgam terror attacks were undoubtedly a security failure,”Mr Ramesh noted.

The Congress leader also said that though his party had been demanding a special two-day session of Parliament immediately after Operation Sindoor was “abruptly halted,” the demand was ignored.

“Since May 10th, President [Donald] Trump has claimed 26 times that he stopped Op Sindoor by threatening to cut off trade with India, and claimed that five fighter jets may have been shot down. He has hosted the Pakistan Army Chief for lunch which has never been done before. The US Central Command Chief, Gen. Michael Kurilla, had called Pakistan a phenomenal partner in counter-terrorism operations. And just day before yesterday the US Secretary lauded Pakistan in his meeting with its Deputy PM,”Mr Ramesh said.

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Referring to points that are likely to be raised by Opposition members in the Parliament debate, Mr Ramesh recalled that on May 30th, the Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan made significant revelations in Singapore on tactical mistakes in the first two days of Op Sindoor and on June 29, the Indian Defence Attache in Indonesia, Group Captain Shiv Kumar, said that political decisions hampered military operations.

“On July 4, 2025, the Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Rahul R Singh, revealed that India had actually contended and battled China during Op Sindoor, both in terms of hardware and software. This was a completely new scenario,” Mr Ramesh further added.

The Congress leader also said that “the outlandish claims made by sections of the India media during Op Sindoor – with instigation by the PM’s media managers – led to a mockery of whatever serious narrative was sought to be built up”.

“In any case this narrative clearly had more takers at home than in countries where an outreach took place,” Mr Ramesh noted.