New Delhi, May 17 -- The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), through its XP Division, issued a sharp rebuttal to Rahul Gandhi's claim regarding External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar's remarks on Pakistan. Clarifying the timeline, the MEA stated that Jaishankar had mentioned India warned Pakistan at the start-referring specifically to the early phase after the commencement of Operation Sindoor.

The MEA said this statement is now being falsely portrayed as if the warning was issued before the operation began. Calling it an "utter misrepresentation of facts," the MEA emphasised the need to set the record straight.

"EAM Dr S Jaishankar had stated that we had warned Pakistan at the start, which is clearly the early phase after Operati...