Maharashtra deputy chief slams Pakistan for editing Modi out of SCO photo

After Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif’s office released an edited version of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation family photograph that omitted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde publicly rebuked the action. Shinde described the cropping as a provocative “game” and urged Pakistan not to engage in such behaviour toward India. He invoked Operation Sindoor, stating that Indian forces, guided by Modi, had eliminated terrorist strongholds and destroyed eleven air-base camps on Pakistani soil.

The deputy chief minister framed the incident as part of ongoing security confrontations between the two countries. His comments highlighted both diplomatic irritation over the image alteration and the broader context of cross-border counter-terrorism operations. The episode underscores lingering mistrust in India-Pakistan relations within multilateral forums like the SCO.