Taking an apparent dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi while congratulating him for surgical strikes along the LoC, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that this is the first ‘Prime Minister-like action’ by Modi in two and a half years.
Rahul, who is on his Kisan Yatra, said, “For the first time in two-and-a-half years, Modi ji has taken an appropriate action. What he did yesterday is praiseworthy.”
Later in a series of tweets, he asserted that he fully supported this move by the Prime Minister, adding that he would always support him when he made decisions worthy of his stature.
“The Congress party and the entire India stands with this decision of the Prime Minister,” Rahul tweeted.
Rahul had earlier lauded the Indian Army for carrying out the operation in which sever terror launch pads were busted in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).
“All of us stand firmly united against terrorism & those who support & sponsor it. The Congress Party and I salute the Indian Army and our jawans for acting valiantly to defend our country & our people. Jai Hind,” he said.
Earlier, addressing a press conference, Director General of Military Operations Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh said “significant casualty was caused to terrorists during the operation”.
Lt Gen Singh said, “Based on very credible and specific information which we received yesterday that some terrorist teams had positioned themselves at launch pads along the Line of Control with an aim to carry out infiltration and terrorist strikes in Jammu and Kashmir and in various other metros in our country, the Indian army conducted surgical strikes last night at these launch pads.”
“The operations were basically focused to ensure that these terrorists do not succeed in their design of infiltration and carrying out destruction and endangering the lives of citizens of our country. During these counter terrorist operations, significant casualties have been caused to the terrorists and those who are trying to support them. The operations aimed at neutralising the terrorists have since ceased. We do not have any plans for continuation of further operations. However the Indian armed forces are fully prepared for any contingency that may arise,” he added.
