On Saturday, a senior Congress leader named Vinod Sharma resigned from the party saying he is ashamed as his party is demanding evidences of air strike.
Spokesman Vinod Sharma, in his resignation letter to party President Rahul Gandhi said that after the Congress demanded evidences of air strike, he was feeling ashamed to be known as Congressman.
Days after the deadly Pulwama Attack, Indian Air Force had carried out an air stike in Pakistan Balakot region. Rahul Gandhi was one among the first to tweet about the airstrike, congratulating the Indian Air Force Pilots. Modi Governmkent had also released a statement that around 300 terrorists have been eliminated. Thereafter, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh had said the government should release the evidences of air strikes as the US did after killing Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in 2011.
“I was ashamed to be a Congress member. Thus, I resigned from the party...The Congress has demoralised defence forces by demanding evidence of the air strike”, said Vinod Sharma.