Three surgical strikes were conducted during UPA regime: Shinde

February 04, 2017 22:27

Former Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today said three surgical strikes were carried out between 2009 and 2013 but the United Progressive Alliance government never made it public.

"The Congress-led UPA regime never made the strikes public. However, the Narendra Modi government capitalised on the army operation. The BJP government only makes huge promises to mislead the people," Shinde said, after launching the party's poll campaign for 25 Zilla Parishads in Osmanabad district.

The Zilla Parishad elections will be held in two phases on February 16 and 21 in Maharashtra.

He claimed that demonetisation has hurt farmers the most.

"Black money hoarders benefitted due to notes ban. The government has not been able to give details as to how much black money has been unearthed so far after demonetisation," he charged.

"The prime minister misled the people on the issue of demonetisation. It was the UPA government which made sincere efforts to bring back black money stashed abroad," Shinde claimed.

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