Show evidence of surgical strikes to expose Pak: Congress to govt
October 03, 2016 19:57
The Congress on Monday asked the government to put forth "credible" evidence of last week's surgical strikes, carried out by the army across the Line of Control, to "expose" Pakistan which has denied any such action.
Congress' senior spokesman Anand Sharma also sought to dismiss the claim that the surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads was the first such retaliation by the Indian Army, insisting that it had responded earlier too "as per the need or provocation".
Asked about Aam Aadmi Party's demand that the Centre put out a video of the surgical strikes, Sharma said Congress does "not have slightest doubt" about what the Director General of Military Operations said after the operation.
At the same time, he said, Pakistan is attempting to mislead its people by claiming that no such attack had taken place. In this backdrop, it would be necessary for the Prime Minister to "expose" Pakistan by putting forth credible evidence about the surgical strikes on the intervening night of September 28 and 29.
The announcement about the action was made by DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh at a press conference in New Delhi.
"The government must expose Pakistan's denial. It has all the tools and instruments to do so," he said, adding the Modi dispensation has backing of the entire political leadership.
He said that the Indian Army had carried out such strikes in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013. The only difference this time was that the government of the day has taken the "political ownership", he said.
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