Countering Rahul Gandhi’s criticism that there was no “freedom of operation and manoeuvre for the armed forces” during Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today underlined that the government gave armed forces a free hand.

Hitting out at the government for its handling of Operation Sindoor, which was India’s response to the Pahalgam terror attack, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has said the government lacked the political will to fight Pakistan.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has opened 16-hour long special discussion on the Operation Sindoor in the Rajya Sabha.