Claim
Congress leader Manish Tewari criticized the letter-writers, asking whether those talking peace with Pakistan have forgotten Pahalgam.
“कांग्रेस के नेता मनीष तिवारी ने आईना दिखा दिया। वो कह रहे हैं पाकिस्तान के साथ शांति की बातें करने वाले पैलगाम भूल गए हैं क्या?”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Wire and news reports from 2026-07-01 confirm that Congress MP Manish Tewari publicly criticized the letter signed by 117 Indian and Pakistani eminent persons urging Indo-Pak dialogue, saying it was 'extremely unfortunate that some people have forgotten the Baisaran massacre' (the Pahalgam attack of April 2025, where 26 tourists were killed) and questioning how such eminent people could forget this history. The anchor's characterization — that Tewari asked whether those talking peace with Pakistan have forgotten Pahalgam — is a faithful paraphrase of his documented remarks.
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 dated 2026-07-01 (one day before the broadcast) quoting Congress MP Manish Tewari criticizing the India-Pakistan peace letter, saying it is 'extremely unfortunate that some people have forgotten the Baisaran (meadow) massacre' — the April 2025 Pahalgam attack site — and calling normalisation with a country 'hell-bent on creating mayhem, terror' 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 Coverage of the peace letter signed by 117 prominent Indian and Pakistani figures and political reactions to it, corroborating the context of the letter-writers the anchor referenced. ✗ unreachable · HTTP 403
- https://apnlive.com/politics/manish-tewari-india-pakistan-dialogue-terrorism-comments/ Report of Tewari saying terror must end before India-Pakistan dialogue resumes, and that every Indian outreach to Pakistan was followed by a Pakistan-sponsored terror attack. ✓ reachable · archived