Officials to brief Rahul, panel of MPs on surgical strikes on Oct 18

October 16, 2016 11:37

Top officials including foreign secretary and DGMO are scheduled to brief a panel of MPs, including Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, on the surgical strikes conducted by the army across the LoC on October 18.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is scheduled to meet on Tuesday when it will be briefed on Indo-Pak relations with specific reference to recent surgical strikes.

"Briefing by the foreign secretary, home secretary, defence secretary and Director General of Military Operations on the subject 'Indo-Pak relations with specific reference to surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC)'," a notice regarding the October 18 meeting issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat says.

The meeting assumes significance as the governemt had earlier expressed reservations over briefing on the same topic to the Parliamentary Committee on Defence.

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