Varanasi, May 5 -- A day after he stoked controversy by displaying a toy plane with Rafale written on it and adorned with lemon and chillies, Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Ajay Rai on Monday has doubled down on his remarks stating that he presented the fighter jet symbolically because the country wants to see action being taken against perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack.

"I'm just asking when Rafale will do its job," Rai said. The Uttar Pradesh Congress chief said that while the Congress stands with the government, the government has to make a decision, and when it does not, people will question and criticise it.

Rai had on Sunday criticised the central government for their "big talk and no action" against those responsible for ...