All Indians should share credit for surgical strikes
posted on Oct 12, 2016 @ 5:41PM
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said all Indians including those who have raised doubts can share credit for the operation as it was done by the armed forces and not by any political party. "No one thought India could do something like this," the Defence Minister said, stressing that the army was "given a free hand" by the government, which he praised for having "the guts to take decisions." “To my knowledge there were no surgical strikes carried in the past. Those action can at the best be called as ‘covert operations where the action was taken first and the government was informed later. But the September 29 strikes were a result of a government’s decision,” said Parrikar at Forum for Integrated National Security in Mumbai. Several political leaders and parties have questioned the surgical strike and have sought proof. The Congress, while officially supporting the government over the strike, has also said that similar operations were undertaken during its tenure also.