India, May 30 -- Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy has drawn a major political backlash after he demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi explain to 140 crore Indians how many Rafale fighter jets were shot down by the Pakistani Army during India's Operation Sindoor.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday lashed out at Revanth Reddy, who was speaking at a rally in Hyderabad on Thursday, and the Congress for questioning the Indian armed forces. Taking a dig at the Telangana chief minister, the BJP advised home "stick to Miss World photo ops" instead of speaking on national security.

Addressing the 'Jai Hind' rally, Reddy sought to know why PM Narendra Modi, who had called for an all-party meeting before going to war with Pakistan, ...