Mumbai (Mahrashtra) [India], May 27 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister of State (MoS) for Home Yogesh Kadam on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut for terming Operation Sindoor a 'failure,' calling such statements reflective of a 'rotten mindset.'

Addressing a press conference, MoS Kadam said, 'Calling Operation Sindoor a failure? Our armed forces destroyed terror camps in Pakistan. The entire world knows that Pakistan is a terror hub. India dared to attack that terror hub. Pointing fingers at such an operation is disrespectful to the entire nation. If one cannot say anything good, then they should stay quiet... They have a rotten brain (sada hua dimag) ...'

Earlier in the day, Sanjay Raut had described Operation Sindoor as a 'failed operation,' claiming that the opposition was refraining from raising the issue further 'in the national interest.'

Raut also demanded the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, holding him responsible for the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, in which 26 civilians lost their lives.

'Operation Sindoor is a failure operation, but in the nation's interest, the opposition does not want to talk much about it. Second thing, why was Operation Sindoor launched? Because terrorists in Pahalgam attacked, erasing the sindoor of 26 women, and Home Minister Amit Shah is responsible for the Pahalgam attack. Amit Shah should step down from his position as an act of atonement. PM Modi should remove Amit Shah from the cabinet,' Raut said during a press conference.

India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 as a decisive military response to the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 26 people and injured several others. Indian Armed Forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the death of over 100 terrorists affiliated with terror outfits like the Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.

The Indian Armed Forces responded effectively to subsequent Pakistani aggression and pounded its airbases. The two countries agreed to a cessation of hostilities on May 10. (ANI)