India, May 20 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's "small war" remark and Rahul Gandhi questioning the loss of Indian Air Force aircraft during "Operation Sindoor" give "oxygen" to Pakistan.

BJP MP Sambit Patra said that the statements by the two Congress leaders are "cheating the country and the bravery of the armed forces", adding that "we all know why" terrorist Hafiz Saeed "likes" Rahul Gandhi.

"Congress party, Kharge ji is saying that Operation Sindoor is a small war...Are Rahul Gandhi and Kharge ji not able to understand that our Armed Forces entered Pakistan and struck nine terror sites there, and more than 100 terrorists were killed? After retaliation by Pakistan, their...