After senior Congress leaders P Chidambaram and Rahul Gandhi gave clean chits to Pakistan by downplaying its role in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, DMK Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi Siva has added his voice to the chorus, ridiculing the evidence presented by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament, which identified the slain terrorists as Pakistani nationals.
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Tiruchi Siva took a sarcastic tone while questioning the validity of the Home Minister’s claims. Referring to Shah’s statement that Pakistani voter ID cards and Pakistan-made chocolates were found with the terrorists, Siva said, “When Mr. Chidambaram asked the honorable member, senior member, Home Minister was replying, he was asking, “Where did they come from? Are they from Pakistan or India?” Oh, you are supporting the terrorist. No, not at all. Just give us a proof, where they were from. And now they have been shot dead. Who are the three? Are they the same three terrorists? What is the proof? You have to tell us. And one proof, Home Minister said, “Sir, two proofs sir. Sir, not even one. One is voter ID card.” Which, I think the SIR will not accept as a proof of validity for citizenship. He showed, told that voter ID proved that he was a citizen of Pakistan and the chocolates they have were manufactured, made by Pakistan. Sir, these pens are from China. It is written in Chinese. Will you call me a Chinese person? Maybe. Am I, am I a Chinese citizen? Something, I, I don’t understand.”
🚨Shocking!
After Chidambaram, now DMK MP Tiruchi Siva asks for Proof of Pahalgam Terrorists being from Pakistan.
HM Amit Shah ji gave proof of Pakistani Voter i-card with Terrorists.
But INDI alliance MP for his love for Pakistan, says Voter i-card is not proof they are… pic.twitter.com/SwiQGLmkWU
— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) July 29, 2025
Siva’s comments echoed earlier remarks by Congress leader P Chidambaram, who had cast doubt on Pakistan’s involvement during a media interaction following the attack. His statement, widely criticized, was later defended by the Congress as having been “misunderstood.”
The comments from both Congress and its ally, the DMK, come in the wake of Operation Mahadev, a counterterrorism operation in which the Indian Army neutralized three heavily armed militants involved in the Pahalgam terror attack, which resulted in the brutal killing of 26 Hindu pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baisaran Valley.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah had briefed Parliament on the operation, emphasizing that concrete evidence such as Pakistani identification documents and products linked the terrorists to Pakistan. He called for national unity in condemning cross-border terrorism.
Meanwhile, in the Lok Sabha, parts of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s speech during the debate on Operation Sindoor were expunged from the record after he directly blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the attack. His remarks were seen by many as undermining the military operation and offering, albeit indirectly, a clean chit to Pakistan.
Critics argue that such statements from Congress and its allies risk weakening India’s position on cross-border terrorism and downplaying the role of Pakistan-based groups responsible for attacks on Indian soil.
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