India, July 29 -- Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday questioned the timing of Operation Mahadev, the joint anti-terror mission which killed three terrorists involved in the Pahalgam terror attack.

Suleman, Afghan, and Jibran-members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed on Monday.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on Operation Sindoor, Yadav accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP) central government of attempting to derive political mileage from the military action.

"Why am I not congratulating you on Operation Mahadev? All political parties had extended support to the government when the time was right. After all, why did the encounter happen yesterday?" Yadav asked.

The debate on Operation Sindoor ...