Sachin Pilot, the Congress leader on Tuesday hit out at BJPs leader Amit Malviya and denied all the allegations made against his father, Rajesh Pilot. According to the sources, Malviya claimed that Pilots father Rajesh Pilot had bombed Mizorams capital Aizawl in 1966.Replying to Amit Malviya on the claims he made against Pilots father, he tweeted, “You have the wrong dates, wrong facts…Yes, as an Indian Air Force pilot, my late father did drop bombs. But that was on erstwhile East Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and not as you claim, on Mizoram on the 5th of March 1966. He was commissioned into the IAF only on 29th October 1966!”.@amitmalviya – You have the wrong dates, wrong facts…Yes, as an Indian Air Force pilot, my late father did drop bombs. But that was on erstwhile East Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pak war and not as you claim, on Mizoram on the 5th of March 1966. He was commissioned into the… https://t.co/JfexDbczfk pic.twitter.com/Lpe1GL1NLB— Sachin Pilot (@SachinPilot) August 15, 2023Pilot said that his fathers appointment for the IAF was finally received on October 29, 1966. Rajeshwar Prasad, also known as Rajesh Pilot, was appointed as a Pilot Officer in the Indian Air Force according to a certificate issued to him by President of India V. V. Giri during his response. Rajesh Pilot received the certificate on February 10, 1970, and Giri served as Indias President from August 24, 1969, until August 24, 1974.Heres what Amit Malviyas post reads:Amit Malviya, underlining the names of Rajesh Pilot and Suresh Kalmadi, in the post on Twitter, said, “Rajesh Pilot and Suresh Kalmadi were flying the Indian Air Force planes that bombed Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, on 5 March 1966. Later both became MPs on Congress tickets and ministers in the government.”“It is clear that Indira Gandhi gave respect and a place in politics as a reward to those who carried out air raids on their own people in the North East,” Malviya said.राजेश पायलट और सुरेश कलमाड़ी भारतीय वायुसेना के उन विमानों को उड़ा रहे थे जिन्होंने 5 मार्च 1966 को मिज़ोरम की राजधानी आइज़वाल पर बम गिराये। बाद में दोनों कांग्रेस के टिकट पर सांसद और सरकार में मंत्री भी बने।स्पष्ट है कि नार्थ ईस्ट में अपने ही लोगों पर हवाई हमला करने वालों को… pic.twitter.com/eXjQ33XUwe— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) August 13, 2023.@SachinPilot Ji,In 2011, Indian Express and Shekhar Gupta mentioned that Rajesh Pilot was involved in Mizoram air strike.Later in 2020 Shekhar tweeted the same.Indian Express article of 2011 has been used by 100s of news portal to show Rajesh Pilot was involved in bombing.… pic.twitter.com/PQmnlklYDx— Facts (@BefittingFacts) August 16, 2023PM Modi on Mizoram bombing in Lok SabhaEven, PM Narendra Modi also lashed out at Congress during his reply to the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha monsoon session. PM Modi said that then PM Indira Gandhi had used the IAF against Mizoram. “On 5th March, 1956, Congress carried out attacks through Air Force on the innocent people of Mizoram. The state still cannot forget that pain. Congress should answer if it was the Air Force of any other country. Were the people of Mizoram not the people of our country Was their security not the responsibility of the Indian government Till this day, Mizoram observes mourning on March 5,” PM Modi had said.VIDEO | On 5th March, 1956, Congress carried out attacks through Air Force on the innocent people of Mizoram. The state still cannot forget that pain, says PM Modi in Lok Sabha.#NoConfidenceMotion (Source: Third Party) pic.twitter.com/ppsuGYTnRL— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 10, 2023
