New Delhi, May 31 -- Telangana Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday accused the government of India of not being "upfront" about the incidents that occurred during the recently concluded conflict with Pakistan following Operation Sindoor and asserted that the centre needs to "stop denying" this fact.

He cited the statement made by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan, where he seemed to have acknowledged the losses suffered initially during the conflict between the two neighbouring nations, stating that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) carried out negative campaigns when Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi raised the same issue.

"General Chauhan gave a statement: why they (jets) were down, what mistakes were...