‘Let them believe 15’: Air Chief ridicules Pakistan’s jet‑downing narrative, dubs it ‘Manohar Kahaniya’

Mocking Pakistan for engaging in a series of false narratives about downing Indian fighter jets during Operation Sindoor, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh called it “Manohar Kahaniyaa” (fanciful tales) to mislead its public.

Recently, at the UN General Assembly, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif claimed his forces had shot down seven Indian jets, boasting, “Our falcons took flight and etched their answer across the skies, resulting in seven of the Indian jets turning to scrap and dust.”

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India’s First Secretary to the UN, Petal Gahlot, dismissed the boast, retorting, “If destroyed runways and burnt‑out hangars are being presented as victory, as the prime minister claimed, Pakistan is welcome to enjoy it.”

During the annual presser held in the national capital on Friday, the Chief of the Air Staff too ridiculed Pakistan’s claim, dubbing it as “Manohar Kahaniyan”. “If they think they shot down 15 of my jets, let them think about it. I hope they’re convinced about it, and they will cater for 15 fewer aircraft in my inventory when they come to fight again. So why should I talk about it? Even today, I won’t say anything about what happened, how much damage was done, how it happened — let them find out.”

“Have you seen a single picture where something fell on any of our airbases, something hit us, a hangar was destroyed, or anything like that? We showed so many pictures of their places. However, they couldn’t show us even a single picture. So their narrative is ‘Manohar Kahaniyan’. Let them be happy, after all, they also have to show something to their audience to save their reputation. That doesn’t matter to me,” Singh said.