On February 26, Indian airplanes crossed the LoC into the disputed region of Kashmir and dropped bombs on a terrorist camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed located near Balakot town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 300 terrorists were reported killed in the airstrikes by various sources in India, a claim vehemently denied by Pakistan.
Tensions flared up between India and Pakistan after a suicide bomber of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) killed 40 CRPF personnel in Kashmir's Pulwama district on February 14.
Pakistan had kept its airspace fully closed after an Indian Air Force strike on a terror camp in Balakot on February 26.
Since February 26, many foreign airlines have decided to suspend their Delhi-bound flights as it was commercially unviable for them to take a longer route through Mumbai airspace.
Even though the Pakistan government's motive was to propel propaganda that IAF strike hit no real targets in Balakot, but the inaccessibility to the partial area is likely to elicit the opposite response.
Rupani accused the Opposition of insulting the armed forces. "Who are you trying to support by negating the words spoken by the heads of the armed forces (after the Balakot airstrike)?" he asked.
Her statement comes two days after Sam Pitroda, chief of Indian Overseas Congress, asked the government to come out with "more facts" on the Balakot air strikes.
"Camps were destroyed during the surgical strike after which the Intelligence informed the government about a massive terror camp which was being operated in Pakistan," Jaitley said.
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) which was staring at major rout in Uttar Pradesh as per last India TV-CNX Opionion Poll's has made significant stride in the post IAF airstrike scenario.
The mental trauma of the family members of the CRPF martyrs in the Pulwama terror attack on February 14 has not yet settled but the political blame-game on the Indian Air Force’s airstrike on terror camps across the LoC is just refusing to die. The issue has taken a political turn for the worse and left the ruling NDA and the Opposition on warring path. Here’s a report:
"The previous UPA government was shy to take on Pakistan, saying both are nuclear-powered nations and any conflict will be dangerous," Puri said.
The casualty figure in air strike on Balakot camp will be given by government, he added.
Former Congress minister Kapil Sibal on Monday pointed to foreign media reports that said there was no proof that terrorists were killed in Balakot and asked if the prime minister was guilty of "politicising terror."
Former Congress minister Kapil Sibal on Monday pointed to foreign media reports that said there was no proof that terrorists were killed in Balakot and asked if the prime minister was guilty of "politicising terror."
While people are praying for the safe return of IAF pilot Abhinandan, Veena Malik took to Twitter to write outrageously on the matter.
Pakistan Army retracts amid escalating tensions with India; says there is only one Indian pilot under its custody
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