Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturdya said he was on tenterhooks and could not sleep a wink the night the army carried out surgical strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir on September 29.
    
"When surgical strikes were conducted, I could not sleep at night thinking what will happen if anything goes wrong. But the army displayed amazing courage and the mission was successful. The army did not give any chance to the enemy," he said at the inaugural ceremony of 62nd national convention of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in Indore.
   
Parrikar said people "applaud" surgical strikes but they "applaud more" when India register a victory against Pakistan in cricket.
   
"People would dance and shower praise on players after a win over Pakistan though no cricket is being played between the two countries these days.
   
"It also caused worry as people would think what would happen to the players if India got defeated," he said.