In an exclusive interview to India TV, General Bipin Rawat said that Pakistan is already fighting a war on its western border and it can’t afford to open another front against India on its eastern border.
Gen Bipin Rawat responds to Pervez Muzarraf's warning against yet another surgical strike by India
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The video, that surfaced a couple of days ahead of the second anniversary of the secret military action, shows terror launch pads being bombarded and destroyed by Indian soldiers.
Sandeep Singh's widow vowed that she would make their five-year-old son a brave soldier to follow in the footsteps of his father.
Pak army won't let Indian soldiers to enter PoK, says Pervez Musharraf
The 30-year-old soldier, who is survived by his wife and a five-year-old-son, killed two infiltrators at close range before succumbing to his injuries.
Surgical strikes were conducted by the Indian Army on terror launch pads across the Line of Control on September 29 two years ago.
Sibal's remarks came in reference to the University Grants Commission (UGC) directive on Thursday to varsities and higher educational institutions across the country to observe September 29 as ‘surgical strike day’.
A huge row erupted soon after the UGC released a letter to universities and higher education institutions suggesting them to observe the anniversary of Surgical Strikes conducted by the Indian troops across the LoC on September 29.
The commission has suggested that the students shall pledge their support for armed forces by writing letters and cards which may be produced in both digital and physical format.
PM Modi’s personal energy is commendable and I laud the way he spreads the power of India across the world, Tharoor said.
Demonetisation and implementation of the GST were bigger "surgical strikes" than what was carried out by the Army in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, he alleged.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main Opposition party - Congress traded charges against each other over Surgical Strike video released by the Army.
A panel consisting of prominent persons like Gaurav Bhatia (BJP), Anil Yadav(SP), Sulaiman Mohd Khan (Congress) and Major General S.P. Sinha is presently discussing the surgical strikes conducted by Indian Army in 2016.
The rebuttal from Parrikar, now Goa chief minister, came after Congress today accused the Modi government and the BJP of politicising the surgical strikes after a video of the same was released.
"The people who will be most happy with the statements of leaders of Congress party are the terrorists in Pakistan. Congress will get a certificate from some terrorist organisations of Pakistan just like Ghulam Nabi Azad got the certificate from Lashkar-e-Taiba," Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
“Imagine a situation if strikes would have happened during Atalji's time & people would have asked him, he would had a twinkle in his eye & said 'Really a strike has happened?'" Arun Shourie said.
Congress party on Thursday came out all guns blazing against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and said the present government was trying to take benefit out of the Surgical Strike by the Army and convert it into vote bank.
More Surgical Strike-like operations should be done to teach Pak a lesson: Defence experts
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