New Delhi, June 7 -- BJP leader Amit Malviya on Saturday hit out at Kolkata Mayor and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim for making what he called a "vile and disgraceful attack" on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Operation Sindoor. He accused Hakim of calling the PM a "coward" and dismissing his role in the operation.

In a post on X, Malviya shared a video in which Hakim could be seen allegedly stating, "There is nothing big about the Prime Minister here... But, for fear of a bigger country, he has locked up the Armed Forces as cowards."

Malviya further accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of instructing Hakim to say such things to the Prime Minister.

He noted that the rhetoric was similar to what a "Pakistan...