India, May 15 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up Madhya Pradesh (MP) minister Vijay Shah for calling Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, one of the two women officers who held briefings on Operation Sindoor, a "sister of terrorists".

"What sort of statements are you making?" asked a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan R Gavai and Justice AG Masih. "When the country is undergoing such a situation, you, being a minister and a constitutional position holder, should exercise a degree of restraint."

Shah approached the Supreme Court for a stay on the case filed against him over the remarks and the proceedings listed against him in the MP high court on Thursday. The case was filed on the high court's suo motu directions on Wednesday.

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