Parrikar gets PM mouthful
September 19, 2016 16:22
The Uri attack might keep Manohar Parrikar away from his pet retreat - Panaji - with a government source saying Narendra Modi had conveyed to his defence minister he would have to be more involved with developments on the border.
"If it is an internal terror strike, then, of course, the home minister will be fully in charge. But Uri concerns the border and a possible build-up by the infiltrators. That's within the defence minister's purview," the source said.
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"If it is an internal terror strike, then, of course, the home minister will be fully in charge. But Uri concerns the border and a possible build-up by the infiltrators. That's within the defence minister's purview," the source said.
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