Doubt about surgical strike: Congress leader once again raised a controversial question

Once again opposition party Congress has raise controversial question on surgical strike carried out by Indian Army. This time the Congress leader have raised this question in Bharath Jodo Yatra from union territory Jammu & Kashmir.

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has once again put his party in a spot of bother by raising doubts about the 2016 surgical strike.

Addressing a rally in Jammu during the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday, the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said the BJP-led Union government talks about the surgical strike conducted across the LoC but has not furnished any proof to back its claim. “They talk about the surgical strike. That we killed so many people. But there is no proof. Keval jhoot ka pulinda se yah raj kar rahe hain (They are peddling a bundle of lies),” he said.

This irresponsible statement against Indian Army drawn a backlash from the BJP that said, the Opposition party was blinded by its “hate” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and had “insulted” armed forces.

The Congress party distanced itself from the comments. “The views expressed by senior leader Digvijaya Singh are his own and do not reflect the position of Congress. Surgical strikes were carried out before 2014 by the UPA government. Congress has supported & will continue to support all military actions that are in the national interest,” said Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh.