Pak F-16 shot down, but Opposition kept asking about Abhinandan return: PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi at a public meeting in
Odisha’s Koraput district PTI

Stepping up his attack on the Opposition in the run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, referring to the Pakistani retaliation and the capture of Wing Commander Abhinandan a day after the Balakot air strike, has said that instead of praising the Indian forces for “shooting down” a Pakistani F-16 intruder, the Opposition kept saying “when will Abhinandan return, when will Abhinandan return”.

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In an interview to Republic TV telecast Friday, Modi targeted the Opposition and their supporters, saying “they did not have respect for our brave martyrs”, that some people “who survive on Congress bread” found “statesmanship in the Pakistan Prime Minister’s statement” while doubting their own Prime Minister.

“You would know, when the…