Claim
Congress leader Manish Tewari criticized the letter, asking whether those talking peace with Pakistan have forgotten the Pahalgam attack.
“इसी को लेकर कांग्रेस के नेता मनीष तिवारी ने आईना दिखा दिया। वो कह रहे हैं पाकिस्तान के साथ शांति की बातें करने वाले पहलगाम भूल गए हैं क्या?”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Multiple wire and news reports (ANI, DNA) dated July 1-2, 2026 confirm that Congress leader Manish Tewari publicly criticized the letter by prominent India-Pakistan citizens urging peace/dialogue, explicitly invoking the Pahalgam/Baisaran massacre and questioning the rationale of normalising ties with Pakistan. The anchor's paraphrase accurately captures the substance of Tewari's remarks — that peace advocates appeared to have forgotten the Pahalgam attack.
Evidence
- 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/ ANI report (July 1, 2026) states Congress MP Manish Tewari strongly criticized the letter signed by 100+ India-Pakistan citizens urging restored dialogue, said it was 'extremely unfortunate' the memory of the Baisaran (Pahalgam) massacre had faded, and called normalising ties 'completely inexplicable.' ✓ reachable · archived
- https://www.dnaindia.com/world/report-india-pakistan-talks-bjp-congress-react-to-peace-letter-signed-by-117-prominent-leaders-for-pm-modi-and-shehbaz-sharif-3214962 DNA report confirms the existence of the peace letter (signed by prominent leaders) and documents Congress leader Tewari's critical reaction invoking the Pahalgam attack. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403
- https://panchjanya.com/2026/07/02/479024/bharat/jammu-and-kashmir/arooq-abdullah-mehbooba-mufti-manishankar-ayyar-india-pakistan-dialogue-letter-bjp-criticism-2026/ Hindi coverage (July 2, 2026) of the India-Pakistan dialogue letter and criticism that signatories had 'forgotten terror' (Pahalgam), corroborating the broadcast-date context. ✓ reachable · archived