Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he and the party do not agree with Digvijaya Singh's comments on surgical strikes and that the armed forces do not need to give any proof.
Singh on Monday had questioned the surgical strikes and accused the government of peddling lies.
"I don't agree with the statement of Digvijaya Singh. It is crystal clear that we disagree with it. It is the official position of the Congress," Gandhi told reporters in Jammu.
"They (armed forces) need not provide any proof," he said.
Addressing a public meeting during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, Singh had said on Monday, "They (the BJP government) talk of surgical strikes. They claim to have killed so many people but no proof is given. They are ruling by peddling a bundle of lies."
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On Monday, Singh had targeted the BJP-led central government on Monday, alleging that it gave no proof of surgical strikes while claiming to have killed many terrorists.
He had alleged that the Narendra Modi dispensation was ruling the country through a "bundle of lies".
"They (Centre) talk about surgical strikes and that they have killed so many of them (terrorists) but there is no proof," Singh told a gathering during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu.
"Pulwama attack took place. Forty of our CRPF jawans were martyred. Why were they killed? The CRPF director requested that it (Pulwama) is a sensitive zone that CRPF jawans should be sent to Delhi from Srinagar through plane, but Modi ji refused it. Why did he refuse," he asked.
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The government has not placed before Parliament or people the details of the incident until now, he said.
He claimed Pulwama is a hotbed of terrorism where all vehicles are checked and asked "why a Scorpio vehicle, which came from the opposite direction, was not checked" when the attack took place on a CRPF convoy.
Singh's comments drew furious reaction from the BJP which said the opposition party was blinded by its "hate" for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has "insulted" the armed forces.
Addressing a public meeting during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, Singh had alleged that the government did not agree to the CRPF request of flying its personnel from Srinagar to Delhi and 40 soldiers sacrificed their lives in Pulwama in 2019 to a terror attack.
"They talk of surgical strikes. They claim to have killed so many people but no proof is given. They are ruling by peddling a bundle of lies," the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister, who has often courted controversy with his comments, said.
In a tweet in Hindi later, he had said, "From where did the terrorists get 300 kg of RDX in Pulwama incident? DSP Davinder Singh was caught with terrorists but then why was he released? We also want to know about the friendship between the prime ministers of Pakistan and India."
In his video message attached to the tweet, Singh said 40 CRPF personnel sacrificed their lives in Pulwama, but this government has not been able to reveal from where three quintals of RDX came.
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"Besides, the government has not been able to answer where is DSP Davinder Singh, who was caught involved with terrorists. Why was he let free and why was a case of treason not registered against him?
"We would also like to know from the prime minister as to what kind of relations he has with Pakistani prime minister that both are praising each other. At least, he should answer these questions," the Congress leader said in a video message.
