{"id":3229,"date":"2025-08-07T23:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/kalyan-banerjee-faces-flak-for-pok-remark-bjp-accuses-tmc-of-peddling-pakistans-agenda-politics-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:22:13","slug":"kalyan-banerjee-faces-flak-for-pok-remark-bjp-accuses-tmc-of-peddling-pakistans-agenda-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/kalyan-banerjee-faces-flak-for-pok-remark-bjp-accuses-tmc-of-peddling-pakistans-agenda-politics-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalyan Banerjee Faces Flak For PoK Remark, BJP Accuses TMC Of Peddling Pakistan&#8217;s Agenda | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9469012\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">July 28, 2025, 17:45 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9469012\" class=\"jsx-4625396a04d15488 jsx-2975287505 asubttl-schema\">The BJP leader also alleged Banerjee mocked the valour of India&#8217;s armed forces, insinuating that &#8220;Pakistani terrorists just walk in, kill, and leave \u2014 and then giggled&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-45a692afa6f47900 artsharwrp\">\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-45a692afa6f47900 artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-45a692afa6f47900 stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-45a692afa6f47900 deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-45a692afa6f47900 fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" class=\"jsx-45a692afa6f47900 lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-4625396a04d15488 jsx-2975287505 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"In his speech in the Lok Sabha, Banerjee questioned the government and asked why a ceasefire was declared under &quot;pressure of America.&quot; (Photos: Sansad TV+ANI)\" title=\"In his speech in the Lok Sabha, Banerjee questioned the government and asked why a ceasefire was declared under &quot;pressure of America.&quot; (Photos: Sansad TV+ANI)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-4625396a04d15488 jsx-2975287505\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In his speech in the Lok Sabha, Banerjee questioned the government and asked why a ceasefire was declared under &#8220;pressure of America.&#8221; (Photos: Sansad TV+ANI)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">The BJP launched an attack on the Trinamool Congress, alleging that its Lok Sabha member Kalyan Banerjee referred to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as \u201cPakistan-Governed Azad Kashmir&#8221; during the debate in the Parliament on Operation Sindoor.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">In a post on X, Amit Malviya, BJP\u2019s IT chief and West Bengal Co-incharge, said Pakistan has found a strange ally in the TMC.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">The BJP leader also alleged Banerjee mocked the valour of India\u2019s armed forces, insinuating that \u201cPakistani terrorists just walk in, kill, and leave \u2014 and then giggled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">He also alleged that the TMC MP ridiculed India\u2019s intelligence agencies, turning Pakistan\u2019s terror strikes into a joke through mimicry.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t dissent. This is disgrace. Is the TMC representing India\u2019s voice or Pakistan\u2019s propaganda?&#8221; Malviya wrote in the post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Pakistan is celebrating today \u2014 courtesy of Trinamool Congress.Despite being crushed in Operation Sindoor, Pakistan has found a strange ally in TMC.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd3b TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee, speaking inside the Indian Parliament, did the unthinkable:<\/p>\n<p>1\ufe0f\u20e3 Referred to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TAcMowHrM2\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/TAcMowHrM2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amitmalviya\/status\/1949789594364620988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Malviya\u2019s party colleague Pradeep Bhandari also hit out at the TMC, calling Banerjee\u2019s remark \u201cshameful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twtiframe\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is shameful and an insult of our forces!TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee calls POK as :<\/p>\n<p>\u2018 Pakistan Governed Occupied Azad Kashmir &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>If this is not anti national intent then what it is!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OperationSindoor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#OperationSindoor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SwUWbmh2Ct\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/SwUWbmh2Ct<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pradeep Bhandari(\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0940\u092a \u092d\u0902\u0921\u093e\u0930\u0940)\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@pradip103) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pradip103\/status\/1949795178694259073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">A part of the Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been illegally occupied by Pakistan under the name \u201cAzad Kashmir.&#8221; But India has maintained that the entire Jammu and Kashmir, including PoK, is an inalienable part of the country.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/how-did-terrorists-enter-pahalgam-opposition-questions-govt-during-op-sindoor-debate-ws-l-9468840.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018How Did Terrorists Enter Pahalgam?\u2019 Opposition Questions Govt During Op Sindoor Debate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">In his speech in the Lok Sabha, Banerjee questioned the government and asked why a ceasefire was declared under \u201cpressure of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">\u201cThe moment you stand in front of the US President, your height shrinks to 5 feet and your chest from 56 inches to 36 inches. Why are you so afraid of the US President?&#8221; he asked.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">Speaking to the media later outside Parliament, Banerjee said,\u00a0\u201cWe thought that we would win the war and teach a lesson to Pakistan. Why did we declare a ceasefire? Have we ever seen that innings be declared when the player is about to score a century? They did the same. US President Donald Trump, in a post on social media, said that the ceasefire was agreed upon after his intervention. If it is incorrect. Why didn\u2019t PM Modi post and say that this is incorrect?\u2026 Why did we declare a ceasefire under the pressure of the American President?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\"><em>(with inputs from agencies)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"authorimg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/saurabh-verma-2023-11-9cda0350bc65f9e8c8593b8549c03725.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/saurabh-verma-22693.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">Saurabh Verma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saurabh Verma covers general, national and international day-to-day news for News18.com as a Senior Sub-editor. 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