New Delhi (The Thursday Times) — Former Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram has said that the Pahalgam attackers did not come from Pakistan and that the Indian government too has no solid evidence against Pakistan in this regard.
Clean chit for Pakistan over the Pahalgam incident from former Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram;
The Pahalgam attackers did not come from Pakistan, and the Indian government too has no solid evidence to prove this allegation. Why have Indian authorities to this day been unable to say who the attackers were,… pic.twitter.com/chM5Ir3l8Z— The Thursday Times (@thursday_times) July 28, 2025
India's former Home Minister and Indian National Congress leader P Chidambaram, speaking about the Pahalgam incident in an interview with the news website The Quint, has given Pakistan a clean chit. He said that the Pahalgam attackers did not come from Pakistan and that the Indian government too has no solid evidence to prove the allegation against Pakistan.
P Chidambaram, a member of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and senior political leader, said: why have Indian authorities to this day been unable to say who the attackers were and where they came from? It is quite possible that they (the Pahalgam attackers) were local terrorists.
Indian National Congress leader P Chidambaram raised questions: has the NIA (National Investigation Agency) identified the attackers? Where did the attackers come from? They may have been from within India; why has it been assumed that they came from Pakistan? Is there any proof of this?
Taking the Indian government to task, he said that the Indian government is hiding the losses suffered during Operation Sindoor; in a war there are losses on both sides; if India has suffered losses, it should acknowledge them; Churchill, too, kept the public continuously informed of the situation during the Second World War.
Senior Indian politician and Rajya Sabha member P Chidambaram asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not spoken directly in parliament on this important matter. He addresses rallies, but he is silent in a democratic institution such as parliament. Why, he asked, is the government so afraid of discussing the ceasefire process?
P Chidambaram, who has held key posts in India including those of home minister, finance minister, minister of corporate affairs, minister of law and justice, and minister of commerce and industry, referred to US President Donald Trump and said that the truth is that the ceasefire between Pakistan and India was announced not by India but by Donald Trump.
