The clarification got here after a media report claimed that Col Qureshi and Wing Commander Singh would be the faces of an formidable women-centric marketing campaign by BJP.
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh (left) and Colonel Sofiya Qureshi throughout a particular briefing on Operation Sindoor in New Delhi on May 10, 2025. (PTI)
The clarification got here after a media report claimed that Col Qureshi and Wing Commander Singh, who led India’s press briefings on Operation Sindoor, would be the faces of an formidable women-centric marketing campaign to be rolled out by the BJP on June 9, the completion of 11 years of the Modi authorities.
“This is fake news,” BJP IT division head Amit Malviya wrote on X. “The BJP has no plans to use either Col Sofiya Qureshi or Wing Commander Vyomika Singh as campaign faces,” he asserted.
Malviya additional mentioned that feedback made by BJP Minority Morcha president Jamal Siddiqui within the media report have been misconstrued.
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“The comments made by BJP Minority Morcha president Jamal Siddiqui have been misconstrued. He simply made a limited point about highlighting Col Qureshi as an example of an empowered Muslim woman within the community,” Malviya mentioned.
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Colonel Qureshi and IAF Wing Commander Vyomika Singh held a media briefing throughout India’s cross-border strikes underneath Operation Sindoor, together with overseas secretary Vikram Misri.
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Earlier this week, the household of Colonel Sofiya Qureshi have been among the many many who attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in Vadodara, Gujarat.
Taj Mohammad and Halima Qureshi, Colonel Qureshi’s dad and mom, have been among the many crowd on the Vadodara roadshow. Speaking to information company PTI, Mohammed praised his daughter, Colonel Qureshi and acknowledged that she has now been elevated to the “daughter of the nation.”
“It felt nice (roadshow of PM Modi). We are proud that PM Modi met us. Sofiya Qureshi is the daughter of the nation, she solely did her obligation,’ he mentioned.
Furthermore, her mom, Halima Qureshi, praised Operation Sindoor for taking “revenge of our sisters’ sindoor”
Shyna Sunsara, Colonel Qureshi’s twin sister was additionally on the roadshow. “. When your sister does something for the country, it inspires not only me but others as well. She is no longer just my sister but the country’s sister as well,” she was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
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