New Delhi, July 14 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday slammed the Congress party and questioned the role of a missing American nuclear device near the Nanda Devi mountain in the Himalayas, linking it to recent natural disasters in India.

In a post on X, Dubey attached a copy of a 1978 letter from members of the US Congress addressed to the US President. The letter expressed concern about the CIA's secret operation and the potential radioactive leak from the lost plutonium-powered device in the Himalayas.

The lawmakers had urged the US government to investigate the matter and take responsibility if the claims were true.

He referred to a past CIA operation in the 1960s, which allegedly involved placing nuclear-p...