- “2 Indian aircrafts violating Pakistani airspace shot down”
- “2 pilots have been arrested”
- said the DGISPR during a presser on Wednesday morning
- On Tuesday morning, Indian jets had breached Pakistani airspace
- and claimed that 350 terrorists had been killed in an attack
- on a Jaish-e-Mohammad training camp in Balakot, KP
- DGISPR debunked the Indian claim of striking a JeM training camp,
- with a 1,000 kg bomb that killed 350 terrorists,
- and spending 21 minutes in Pakistani airspace
- But India’s jingoistic media and politicians started celebrating this act of violence
- BDutt: https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/1100272824063791104
- This is how a Telugu newscaster presented the news this week:
https://twitter.com/nagarjund/status/1100369616029638656
- Their opposition is in agreement
https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/1100245432901472257
https://twitter.com/ArvindKejriwal/status/1100247039361847296
- Of course, Christine Fair has an opinion:
https://twitter.com/CChristineFair/status/1100395068966535170
- Bollywood has also toed the jingoism line
- From Ranveer Singh to Kangana Ranaut; they’re calling for war
https://twitter.com/RanveerOfficial/status/1100416875484241920
- Remember Sid? The nice guy from Rang De Basanti.
- Yup. Et tu, Sid?
https://twitter.com/Actor_Siddharth/status/1100274522039767041
- But Wednesday morning, the Indian side had to go mum
- when Pakistan released footage of an Indian pilot Abhinandhan,
- handcuffed and in Pakistani custody
- There’s no point going to war
- ‘Democracies don’t fight each other’
- But India must remember that if it takes the course of war,
- Pakistan has every right to retaliate and defend its sovereignty