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Yogi Adityanath Slams Samajwadi MP’s Remarks On Wing Commander Vyomika Singh

Yogi Adityanath Slams Samajwadi MP’s Remarks On Wing Commander Vyomika Singh

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath criticised Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav’s “distorted casteist thinking”, after the latter said Colonel Sofiya Qureshi was targeted by a BJP minister as she is a Muslim but Wing Commander Vyomika Singh was spared thinking she was Rajput. Both Colonel Qureshi and Wing Commander Singh have addressed multiple pressers on Operation Sindoor, giving details on India’s military action on terror bases in Pakistan since May 7. Mr Yadav, while criticising the BJP’s country-wide Tiranga Yatra and its aim of electoral gains, hit out at Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah on Colonel Qureshi. “One of their ministers abused Colonel Qureshi. The high court has ordered registration of a case against him again. But he did not know who Vyomika Singh was and neither did he know about Air Marshal AK Bharti, otherwise these people would have abused them too.. Vyomika Singh is a Jatav from Haryana and Air Marshal Bharti is a Yadav from Purnia. So all three were from PDA (Picchda, dalit, Alpsankhyak or Backwards, dalits …

‘BJP mistook Wing Commander Singh for Rajput, didn’t know Air Marshal Bharti’s caste’: SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav | India News

‘BJP mistook Wing Commander Singh for Rajput, didn’t know Air Marshal Bharti’s caste’: SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav | India News

AS A BJP Madhya Pradesh minister faces an FIR over his remarks directed at one of the woman officers who held daily briefings on Operation Sindoor, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav has now waded into a row, speaking at length about the castes of other officers who were part of the briefings on the Operation, in seeking to attack the BJP. Had the BJP known about the castes of Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Air Marshal A K Bharti, Yadav said, it would have “abused” them too, like Qureshi. Addressing a gathering of partymen in Moradabad Thursday, Yadav, the SP national general secretary and a Rajya Sabha MP, questioned the BJP over its Tiranga Yatras on Operation Sindoor, and said: “They can do anything for elections… What is the need for this? And if it is needed, do this taking the entire country, all the political parties, into confidence… Were the people who were fighting (at the border) BJP workers?” Story continues below this ad Yadav then added: “Their minister even gave gaali (abuses) …

Nimrat Kaur Says Sofiya Qureshi, Vyomika Singh Stand For ‘Secularity’: ‘No Better Message Than This’ | Exclusive

Nimrat Kaur Says Sofiya Qureshi, Vyomika Singh Stand For ‘Secularity’: ‘No Better Message Than This’ | Exclusive

Last Updated:May 14, 2025, 05:15 IST Nimrat Kaur says Col Sofiya Qureshi and Wg Cdr Vyomika Singh proved women being in the forefront is ‘no longer a wish for the future’ and they set a precedent before the world. Nimrat Kaur heaps praises on Sofiya Qureshi and Vyomika Singh for leading the press briefing post Operation Sindoor. The press briefing by Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh following Operation Sindoor grabbed a lot of attention. In the presence of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, the women officers were seen sharing key details of the operation, which targeted terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack on Indian tourists on April 22. Qureshi and Singh, who led the conversation, won praises from all quarters, including the film industry. Kareena Kapoor Khan, Katrina Kaif, Raveena Tandon and Varun Dhawan, among others, took to social media and hailed the officers, celebrating their courage. Now, in an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha, Nimrat Kaur, who has been rather vocal about her …