In his comments Digvijaya Singh said, "40 of our CRPF jawans were martyred in Pulwama. CRPF officials had requested PM Modi that personnel should be airlifted, but PM Modi didn't agree. How did such a lapse take place? Till date, no report on Pulwama was placed before Parliament."
In an embarrassment for Congress, Northern Army commander Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Monday confirmed that the first surgical strike was carried out by India in September 2016.
Congress keeps raising questions over surgical strikes: PM Modi
On the second anniversary of 2016 surgical strikes, a three-day celebration, called “Parakram Parv”, was launched across the country on Friday.
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Surgical strikes were conducted by the Indian Army on terror launch pads across the Line of Control on September 29 two years ago.
Three terror launch pads were destroyed and 29 militants were killed during the operation carried out by Indian troops inside Pakistan territory on September 29, 2016.
India TV has got access to the video that shows the Indian Army destroying terror camps in PoK.
Addressing the first of his three rallies scheduled for Thursday in Kalaburagi, PM Modi attacked the Congress for raising questions over the surgical strikes conducted by Indian troops across the Line of Control (LoC) on the Pakistan terror camps in September 2016.
PM Narendra Modi during his 'Bharat Ki Baat Sabke Saath' event in London talked on various issues ranging from India's surgical strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to recent rape cases in India.
Slamming his detractors on thorny issues back home, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was fine with criticism and even welcomed it, further distinguishing it from baseless allegations.
He said after the Mumbai attacks, the Air Force had approached the then prime minister Singh with a plan for surgical strikes, but the government did not show the courage to order it.
The captain-rank officer of the 4th unit of the special forces said the strikes were "designed and planned" to send a "message" to Pakistan, which he thinks the Indian forces did in the "best way" it could.
Air Chief Dhanoa today said that the IAF has full capability to carry out a surgical strike across the border but only if such a decision is taken by the government
Lt. Gen. (retd) D S Hooda, former GOC-in-C, Northern Command, revealed to India TV how our commandos meticulously planned and carried out the surgical strikes
Speaking at VANDE MATARAM - India TV's mega conclave against terrorism, the Congress leader said that his statement was aimed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP as they sought votes in the name of “surgical strikes”.
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