Why didn't Manmohan show courage to order strikes post 26/11: Modi
December 11, 2017 09:00
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a public rally on Sunday night asked his predecessor Manmohan Singh why did he not show the courage to order a surgical strike post the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, despite the readiness of the army.
He said after the Mumbai attacks, the Air Force had approached the then prime minister Singh with a plan for surgical strikes, but the government did not show the courage to order it.
"Under whose advice did he (Singh) do so," Modi asked the gathering at the Navlakhi compound in Vadodara."Someone who served at a high position in the Air Force has said that after 26/11, they went to the then prime minister with a plan for surgical strikes. Sadly, the then government did not show the courage to do that," Modi said and cited the example of his government's action in the aftermath of the Uri terror attack in September last year.
"My government, in the aftermath of the Uri attack by Pakistan, had launched a surgical strike inside the borders of Pakistan, targeting several terror camps and launchpads. The strikes came as a surprise for the Pakistanis who were caught unaware. While the maximum damage was inflicted on their side, the Indian soldiers came back without any casualties," he added.
Modi also questioned Congress leaders, including its vice president Rahul Gandhi, for raising doubts over the surgical strikes."Are such secret matters to be discussed in public?" he asked, saying this was the difference between the NDA government and the UPA government.
-- PTI
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