Goa, July 29 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on Operation Sindoor, launched a scathing attack on the Congress party, blaming it for a series of historical decisions that he said had long-term strategic consequences for India's national security.

Shah declared that "Pakistan is Congress's mistake," asserting that the party's acceptance of partition in 1947 directly led to the creation of Pakistan. He also held former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru responsible for the continued existence of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), blaming Nehru's unilateral ceasefire in 1948 at a time when Indian forces, according to Shah, were in a position to reclaim the entire region.

Criticizing the 1960 Indus ...