"I want to thank Modi ji. This is the first step he has taken in two and a half years, worthy of a Prime Minister. My party and I stand with him, as what he has done is right," Rahul said during a rally.  Rahul Gandhi praised Narendra Modi for the first time in two-and-half- years, for the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army. Rahul, who is in Uttar Pradesh for his Kisan Yatra, said in a rally that he and his party stand by PM Modi’s decision and that the later has taken a right decision. "The Congress party and the entire India stands with this decision of the Prime Minister," Rahul tweeted. Rahul had earlier lauded the Indian Army for carrying out the operation in which sever terror launch pads were busted in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Congress vice president has been criticising Modi's policies, be it the Jan Dhan Yojana or the move to bring back black money back to the country. He has also been mocking the PM, for instance by coining the catchphrase 'suit-boot ki sarkar', 'fair and lovely' and 'arhar Modi'. But in break from the competitive politics, Rahul praised Modi's step of giving a nod to conduct surgical strikes in the wake of the September 18 Uri terror attack.