BJP leader CR Kesavan criticised Congress' Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha speech on Operation Sindoor, calling it "incoherent, directionless, and above all, dishonest". Kesavan said, "He sounded like...pathetic pied piper of Pakistan...more like leader of Peshawar than leader of...Opposition." He also called him "nawab of negativity" and said Gandhi "seemed very nervous and rattled in Parliament".