No chest thumping on surgical strikes, PM warns ministers

October 05, 2016 15:40

PM Narendra Modi tells his ministers there should be no chest thumping on the surgical strikes. He also warned them that there is no need to speak out of turn and only authorised leaders should speak.

A few days ago, the BJP leadership is learnt to have quietly told its leaders to refrain from chest thumping and wait and watch for some more time before drawing political mileage from the operation.

However, there is near unanimity within the party leadership that the highly successful strikes will translate into massive vote swing in favour of the saffron party in the next years Assembly elections.

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