Previous cross-LoC strikes not to manage public opinion at home: Former NSA

October 12, 2016 09:07

Operations across the Line of Control were not publicised in the past, before the September 28 strikes, because they were not aimed at domestic constituencies, former National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon has said.

However, in the first comments made by a senior member of the UPA Prime Minister's Office on the issue, Menon also said he had no regrets about not announcing previous strikes, as they had different "goals" in mind.

"Covert operations were not announced to the country because the primary goal was to pacify the LoC and cut down infiltration and ceasefire violations, not to manage public opinion at home. By keeping operations covert rather than overt, it was made possible for the Pakistan Army to climb down and for a temporary peace to be re-established," Mr. Menon said in written replies to The Hindu.

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