A day after former Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan made fresh remarks on Operation Sindoor, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday (August 26, 2026) called for a comprehensive official review of the military operation on the lines of the Kargil Review Committee.
“In a media interview given in Singapore on May 30th, 2025, the-then Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan had made some very significant revelations on Operation Sindoor. He recalled that four days after the Kargil War ended, the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government had, on July 29, 1999, constituted the Kargil Review Committee under the chairmanship of top security analyst K. The committee’s report was tabled in Parliament on February 23, 2000. At a media briefing on May 12, then Director General of Air Operations Air Marshal A.K.
Mr. Chauhan has again made some very important revelations that have raised understandable concern,” Mr. Subrahmanyam. The demand came after Gen. The remarks appeared to differ from the position articulated during the operation.
Ramesh, Congress general secretary (communications), said Gen. Ramesh said in a post on X. “Headline-grabbing revelations being made from time to time in interviews and lectures, whether part of a deliberate strategy or not, are no substitute for a structured and comprehensive review exercise like what the Subrahmanyam committee had carried out,” Mr. Ramesh said. Bharti had said that the Indian armed forces had not targeted the nuclear facility at Kirana Hills.
Chauhan’s latest remarks, coupled with his earlier revelations, had raised understandable concern and warranted a structured review of the operation. Just yesterday Gen. Chauhan, speaking at the ‘VIMARSH’ event on Operation Sindoor and its aftermath at the Vivekananda International Foundation on Tuesday, said a loitering munition deployed during the operation may have struck the Kirana Hills area near Sargodha in Pakistan, where nuclear-related facilities are located.
