Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Operation Sindoor’ post on Team India’s Asia Cup win has gone viral with at least 1.12 lakh reposts and 29.5 million views, and these numbers are increasing by the second.
But a political slugfest broke out as the BJP accused the Congress of going into a “comatose state" after India’s thrilling victory in the Asia Cup. Hours after the BJP’s swipe, the Congress hit back saying Modi, as the Prime Minister, should understand that it is in poor taste to compare a cricket match and a battlefield.
WHAT DID PM MODI SAY?
Modi equated India’s 9th Asia Cup win to the military action, ‘Operation Sindoor’, which took place in May and targeted terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
“Operation Sindoor on the games field. Outcome is the same – India wi