Hyderabad, May 23 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Bandi Sanjay, strongly criticized AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge for allegedly belittling the Indian Army's efforts by referring to the conflict with Pakistan as a "small war."

Speaking passionately at the Hindu Ekta Yatra held in Karimnagar on Thursday evening, May 22, to mark Hanuman Jayanti, Sanjay questioned, "Is it a small war to cross into Pakistan and destroy terrorist camps? Calling it so diminishes the sacrifices and struggles of our soldiers."

Sanjay drew a comparison with the United States, stating, "When Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the Twin Towers in America, killing many, the US could not respond for ten years. Only then did they eliminate Osama bin Laden. B...