India, July 29 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress in the Lok Sabha, accusing former UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi of sympathising with terrorists killed in the 2008 Batla House encounter, while ignoring the sacrifice of a police officer who died in the line of duty.

Speaking during the ongoing debate on Operation Sindoor - India's cross-border counterterrorism operation following the Pahalgam terror attack - Shah recounted a controversial episode involving the Congress leadership after the Batla House encounter in Delhi's Jamia Nagar.

"I remember one morning during breakfast, I saw Salman Khurshid crying on the TV. He was coming out of Sonia Gandhi's residence... He said that Sonia Gandhi ...