Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti onSunday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reported remarks about cloudshelping the Indian Air Force jets escape Pakistani radars during Balakotairstrikes as “painfully embarrassing”.
Mehbooba wondered whether the prime minister authorising theoperation in bad weather by overruling the advice of the IAF led to the strikes”failing” to hit the intended target.
“No secret that Balakot strikes failed to hit theintended target. Was it because PM overruled the advice of IAF & authorisedairstrikes in bad weather?” Mehbooba asked in a tweet. “Cloud coverlogic is painfully embarrassing. Remind me again, why is RG (Congress presidentRahul Gandhi) derided as Pappu? #cloudonradargone”.
The Peoples Democratic Party president said the BharatiyaJanata Party’s ability to “suspend logic” in its quest to win anotherterm is “mind numbingly fatuous”, adding that the armed forces do notdeserve this.
“I was raked over the coals for questioning veracity ofBalakot strikes. But seeing Pak media & journos troll PM on cloud gaffe isawfully embarrassing,” Mehbooba added.
National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah also took asarcastic dig at Modi over the comments. “Pakistani radar doesn’tpenetrate clouds. This is an important piece of tactical information that willbe critical when planning future air strikes,” he tweeted.