India, July 29 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday questioned the government on Operation Sindoor, over the aircraft used in the military action, a day after defence minister Rajnath Singh slammed the opposition for questioning how many jets India lost and not how many of enemy jets were shot down.

Addressing the Lok Sabha, Yadav said that the government boasts of Indian jets destroying terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and asked, "How many of our best aircraft, that were welcomed with nimbu-mirchi, flew?"

The Samajwadi Party chief also said he was proud of the Indian Air Force, which has the "best pilots", and also heaped praise on the erstwhile Samajwadi-led government, saying they cons...