India Calls Out Pakistan’s Misinformation Campaign During Operation Sindoor, Labels It Heavy Propaganda | (Photo Courtesy: X/Altered by FPJ)
New Delhi: In a briefing on Saturday morning, India called out Pakistan’s “misinformation campaign” during the Operation Sindoor and said that claims about activities that they have undertaken continue to be “heavy on lies, misinformation, and propaganda”.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s Statement
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri charged that most of these false claims from Pakistan were being peddled by its state agencies. “The claims that they have made about attacking and destroying various places, various military installations and facilities, are completely false,” he said. In this regard, Misri gave the specifics of certain claims made by Pakistan and how they were complete lies. “The claim about the Air Force Station in Sirsa being destroyed is completely false, as you have seen. The claim about the Air Force Station in Surat being destroyed is completely false again, as you have seen. There is a claim that has been made that the S-400 base at Adampur was destroyed, completely false, once again,” he said.
The Foreign Secretary said claims have also been made by Pakistan about large sections of Indian critical infrastructure, power systems, cyber systems, etc, being attacked and destroyed. However, he insisted that these too were “completely false”. Misri urged people not to be “misled by this tissue of lies that is being peddled by the Pakistani state for obvious purposes.”
He also highlighted a highly “ludicrous claim” from Pakistan in which it said Indian missiles had hit Afghanistan. “Totally frivolous allegation,” Misri responded, adding that “Afghan people don’t need to be reminded about which country it is, that has on multiple occasions, in just the last one and a half years, targeted civilian populations and civilian infrastructure in Afghanistan.”
Briefing officer Wing Commander Vyomika Singh also showed video evidence to claim how Pakistan had made false claims about targeting various Indian military installations. She said Pakistan attempted to execute a continued malicious misinformation campaign with claims of destruction of the Indian S-400 system at Adampur, destruction of airfields at Suratgarh and Sirsa, BrahMos base at Nagrota, RT gun positions at Dehrangyari and Chandigarh Forward Ammunition Depot.”
Stating that claims on social media had pointed to heavy damages to other military stations as well, Singh said, “India unequivocally rejects these false narratives being spread by Pakistan.” She then showed images of air force bases in the Punjab sector and Rajasthan taken on Saturday morning to debunk the Pakistani claims causing destruction at these air bases. The images from Sirsa, Suratgarh, and other air force stations showed that the runways were intact. The officer also noted that these images were “timestamped” and of today to show the actual state of affairs.
