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No record of surgical strike before 2016: MoD

  •   Wed, May 08 2019 03:00:00 PM

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New Delhi, May 8: Finally it looks like the endless argument on whether Manmohan Singh led UPA government had conducted a surgical strike or not, might settle down after a Right to Information (RTI) reply from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed that no such army expeditions took place before 2016.

Seeking an answer from MoD, a Jammu-based activist Rohit Chaudhary asked in RTI whether there were any surgical strikes between 2004 and 2014, as many prominent Congress leaders claimed that the UPA government had conducted six surgical strikes during its term.

Responding to his RTI application, the DGMO at the Integrated Headquarters of the Mod (Army) said they have records of only one strike that was conducted in September 2016. This strike came 11 days after militants attacked an Army camp at Uri, killing 19 soldiers.

In a press conference on Thursday, Congress leader Rajiv Shukla claimed that six surgical strikes were conducted under the UPA regime while two took place during the tenure of late former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Objecting to Shukla's claim, Gen. VK Singh, former Chief of Army Staff and BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Ghaziabad, on Saturday said "Congress has a habit of lying. Will you please let me know which surgical strikes are you attributing to during my tenure as COAS? I am sure you must have hired some Coupta to invent another story."

Adding to Shuklas claim Manmohan Singh also said during his tenure the government conducted multiple surgical strikes as strategic deterrence but not for vote gathering.
  

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  • Nash, Mangalore

    Wed, May 08 2019

    CONgressis where mum when 26/11 happened.. What surgical strikes they will do.

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Wed, May 08 2019

    Actually CONgress is frustrated & lying to stay afloat. However this is not working.
    First apology to SC on Chowkidar Chor comment, earlier unabated apology on RSS not murderers of Gandhi. Always faking

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  • R.Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 08 2019

    Think the Congress will now come and clarify....
    That by 'Surgical Strike' they meant the number of operations their leaders had in the Operation Theater'
    Seems to have been a misconception...

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  • Roshan, Mangaluru

    Wed, May 08 2019

    Surgical Strike is a word coined in 2016. So, ministry of defense is absolutely right.

    But, similar strikes earlier was called cross boarder or trans boarder kind of other similar terms. The ministry is economical in its clarification, because it hurts Modi image.

    Yes, Air Strikes were first of its kind the way its been done, just for a show. Earlier IAF fought wars.

    In Kargil war BJP was in power, our army wanted Air Strikes against enemy lines. But BJP chickened out, as the conflict can escalate into war. Because of that India lost many many soldiers, as they could only use Bofors Guns and small scale artillery and attack the enemy with one to one fight.
    Many jawans would have been alive today, if BJP had guts even then.

    Same Modi bhakths put a wounded soliders image and ask to write Jai Hind if Indian. What a hypocrisy.

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  • Arun, Banglore

    Wed, May 08 2019

    Cross-border raid is when one army crosses the board and enter in to the opposition’s land. Where as, surgical strike is an attack at a certain point in the opposition’s land (perphaps, except at the boarder), the troops might reach that point by air.

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  • anthony, Mangalore

    Wed, May 08 2019

    When a serving Lt General Hooda confirmed that such cross border strikes did take place during the UPA regime, the MOD now coming with a clarification to strengthen the PM's statement is outrageous.
    The PM should have avoided politicising the Armed Forces and the MOD which was a highly respected authority is giving the impression of another caged parrot.

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  • Arun, Manglore

    Wed, May 08 2019

    Before joining congress, he said no such things happened. After joining congress he is saying, "cross border operation" happened. There is a difference between surgical strike and cross border operation.

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  • Chowkidar Chor Hai!, Mangalore

    Wed, May 08 2019

    Arun, Manglore — who won the the following wars against Pakistan?
    • Indo-Pakistani War ( or First Kashmir War) of 1947
    • Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
    • Indo-Pakistani War (or Bangladesh Liberation War) of 1971
    • Indo-Pakistani War (or Kargil War) of 1999

    Was it Modi and his bhakts who fought and wan the above wars or the Indian Armed Forces?

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