Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said that India has carried out three cross border strikes in the past five years.
Singhspoke about the 2016 surgical strike after the Uri attack and the air strikeafter the Pulwama incident in which a CRPF convoy was attacked by a suicidebomber killing 40 CRPF men, but he did not reveal about the third.
“Iwant to tell you brothers and sisters that in the last five years, we have gonebeyond our borders thrice and our men have successfully conducted airstrikes.About two I will tell you, but won’t tell you about the third one,” Singhtold BJP’s Shakti Kendra office bearers convention here.
“Onetime you saw in Uri, militants who came from Pakistan killed 17 of oursoldiers, who were sleeping at night in a cowardly attack. After that, oursoldiers also decided. Whatever happened after that you too know it very well,I need not tell….Now you are seeing.”
“First attack happened.Second one was air strike… happened after Pulwama attack. I won’t give youinformation about the third one,” Singh said without elaborating.
Singh asserted that “it is no more a weak India.” “…Leaving aside all our differences, we have to stand together. Time and again India has done this.”