India, July 29 -- Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday subtly countered attempts to give a communal spin to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, responding with "Bharatiye the" (they were Indians) after a few MPs in the Lok Sabha purportedly said the victims were "Hindus".

Her sharp retort came during her address in the special discussion on Operation Sindoor in the Lok Sabha amid the Monsoon Session, where she took on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre over its handling of the April 22 terror attack that claimed 26 lives in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

"Union home minister spoke about my mother's tears today. I want to answer this. My mother's tears fell when terrorists killed my father. Today, when I talk about those...