Overview

• TMC MLA Narendranath Chakraborty described the May 7 counterterror operation as a “staged drama” and accused the BJP of using it to play on patriotic sentiments
• A BJP minority cell lodged an FIR at Kulti police station accusing Chakraborty of making anti-national statements that belittled the armed forces
• Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari demanded a National Investigation Agency probe into the legislator’s alleged links with anti-India forces
• Senior TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya stressed that Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee have publicly supported the armed forces and that Chakraborty’s words do not represent party policy
• Operation Sindoor was conducted as India’s retaliatory strike on terror camps in Pakistan following the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians