{"id":76072,"date":"2025-05-30T18:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=76072"},"modified":"2025-05-30T18:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:24:57","slug":"indian-bjp-leader-admits-pakistan-shot-down-five-iaf-jets-including-rafale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/indian-bjp-leader-admits-pakistan-shot-down-five-iaf-jets-including-rafale\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP leader admits Pakistan shot down five IAF jets including Rafale"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: The<\/span> government<\/span> of<\/span> India<\/span>,<\/span> led by<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Narendra<\/span> Modi<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> made a<\/span> grave<\/span> error<\/span> when<\/span> it<\/span> interpreted<\/span> overtures of<\/span> peace from<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> as an<\/span> admission<\/span> of weakness and ended up having<\/span> to<\/span> surrender<\/span> several jets,<\/span> including its prized multi-role fighter,<\/span> Rafale.<\/p>\n

Indian media repeatedly denied reports of losing the newly purchased Rafales; however, during a recent interview, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy<\/span>\u00a0dropped a<\/span> bombshell, admitting that<\/span> Pakistan did<\/span> indeed<\/span> shoot<\/span> down Indian jets.<\/p>\n

In his recent interview, Swamy told<\/span> the<\/span> interviewer<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Pakistan Air Force shot down five Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets during the<\/span> most<\/span> recent conflict with<\/span> their<\/span> nuclear power<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Swamy<\/span> raised serious questions<\/span> about Prime Minister Modi’s leadership by<\/span> declaring<\/span> that there<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> no<\/span> investigations<\/span> into<\/span> this<\/span> matter<\/span> while Modi is<\/span> in power. He acknowledged the<\/span> Arab<\/span> supremacy<\/span> in<\/span> this<\/span> sector,<\/span> and he<\/span> questioned<\/span> some<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> defense purchases<\/span> being<\/span> made<\/span> by<\/span> India<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“<\/span>I<\/span> think<\/span> British<\/span> planes<\/span>,<\/span> to<\/span> put<\/span> it\u00a0this<\/span> way,<\/span> don<\/span>‘<\/span>t<\/span> compare<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Chinese<\/span> options<\/span>, and<\/span> the<\/span> French planes<\/span> so<\/span> far<\/span> haven<\/span>‘<\/span>t<\/span> performed<\/span>,“<\/span> he said<\/span>.<\/p>\n

When<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> asked<\/span> about the opposition calling<\/span> for transparency regarding Indian losses, Swamy replied, “<\/span>Pakistan shot down five of our aircraft, who<\/span> were<\/span> hoping<\/span> Prime Minister Modi would come out<\/span> to address<\/span> the<\/span> nation<\/span> honestly<\/span> about those<\/span> facts<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> seasoned BJP<\/span> leader made this<\/span> bold<\/span> statement while<\/span> under<\/span> growing scrutiny<\/span> for<\/span> the Modi‘<\/span>s government’s<\/span> defense and foreign policy<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Additionally, several media experts made it clear that Pakistan\u2019s air<\/span> power<\/span> exposed limits<\/span> to<\/span> India\u2019s air<\/span> power<\/span>,<\/span> reduced<\/span> Modi\u2019s war hysteria doctrine credibility<\/span>, and has<\/span> fundamentally<\/span> game<\/span>–<\/span>changed<\/span> the<\/span> power balance<\/span> in the region.<\/p>\n

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) reportedly<\/span> shot down numerous<\/span> Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft, such<\/span> as<\/span> Rafale jets, MiG-29, a Su-30, and drones. The<\/span> crashes<\/span> occurred in<\/span> Jammu & Kashmir, with noted<\/span> crash<\/span> sites<\/span> such<\/span> as<\/span> Anantnag, Pulwama, Ramban, Akhnoor, and Bathinda. Numerous<\/span> Indian pilots were injured or killed.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> defense<\/span> analysts at<\/span> the time<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> a tactical success for Pakistan and<\/span> had<\/span> revealed<\/span> serious<\/span> gaps<\/span> in India‘<\/span>s air defense ability<\/span>. The political<\/span> implications<\/span> were<\/span> huge<\/span> for<\/span> India and Dassault Aviation stock, while the rest<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> world<\/span> was<\/span> very<\/span> much<\/span> looking<\/span> at<\/span> the crisis<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI: The government of India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made a grave error when it interpreted overtures of peace from Pakistan as an admission of weakness and ended up having to surrender several jets, including its prized multi-role fighter, Rafale. Indian media repeatedly denied reports of losing the newly purchased Rafales; however, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":76073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2583,28185,23371],"class_list":["post-76072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-prime-minister-narendra-modi","tag-indian-air-force-iaf","tag-pakistan-air-force-paf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76075,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76072\/revisions\/76075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}