Claim
The letter urging talks with Pakistan does not mention even once how people in Pahalgam were killed after being asked their religion.
“पाकिस्तान से बात करने की चिट्ठी लिखने वाले जो लोग हैं उन्होंने एक बार भी पहलगाम में कैसे हमारे देश के लोगों की हत्या की गई उनका धर्म पूछकर एक बार भी उन्होंने इस चिट्ठी में नहीं लिखा।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Central assertion — the open letter urging India–Pakistan dialogue omits any mention of the religion-based Pahalgam killings — is supported: reported letter content covers only peace/connectivity themes, and critics specifically faulted it for not addressing the Pahalgam attack. Slightly reduced confidence because the full verbatim letter text was not directly accessible.
Evidence
- https://www.newkerala.com/news/a/war-benefits-no-one-117-prominent-citizens-from-185.htm Content of the 117-signatory open letter focuses on peace, development, connectivity and cooperation; no reference to Pahalgam pending audit
- https://aninews.in/news/national/politics/normalising-ties-with-country-hell-bent-on-creating-mayhem-terror-inexplicable-manish-tewari-on-letter-urging-indo-pak-dialogue20260701205742/ Critics including Manish Tewari attacked the letter precisely for ignoring cross-border terrorism/Pahalgam pending audit