On Saturday, May 10, 2025, the Congress blasted the BJP for claiming that the previous UPA government responded to terror attacks with “passivity.” The Congress claimed that the government and the ruling party should clarify whether it is time to play politics rather than provide a message of togetherness.
Senior Congress politician Shashi Tharoor remarked that the “petty attempt to divide us politically is deplorable” and blasted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a social media post that criticised the former UPA government. Following the BJP’s criticism of the UPA government’s strategy in dealing with Pakistan, the opposition party criticised it.
“The message to the enemies is loud and clear. Don’t mess with us! Unlike the UPA regime’s passivity, New India has no patience for futile peace talks,” the BJP said in a post on X and shared a video montage to claim that while talks followed terror attacks during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rule, this has changed under the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Tagging the post on the microblogging platform, Congress’s media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said, “So do we have to do politics now? Is it time to do politics? Doesn’t the government need the support of the opposition? “Do we not have to give a message of unity now? The government and BJP should clarify,” Mr. Khera said in his post in Hindi.
Tagging the BJP’s post on X, Mr. Tharoor said, “At a time when the nation stands united as Indians, this petty attempt to divide us politically is deplorable. Our government has learned the futility of past approaches the hard way — after inviting Pakistan to participate in the investigation of the Pathankot blasts in 2016. It is only then that it took to the path of military action, carefully calibrated and maturely conducted. This advertisement is neither appropriate nor mature. Delete it, please, @BJP4India. Jai Hind.”
