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Further talks on operations an insult to Army: BJP

AGE CORRESPONDENT
Published : Oct 6, 2016, 3:49 am IST
Updated : Oct 6, 2016, 3:49 am IST

Amid growing debate on whether the video footage of the recent surgical strikes across the LoC should be released in public, the BJP and the Congress were forced to undertake damage control exercises

Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: PTI/File)
 Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: PTI/File)

Amid growing debate on whether the video footage of the recent surgical strikes across the LoC should be released in public, the BJP and the Congress were forced to undertake damage control exercises on Wednesday over comments of one leader from each party triggered fresh controversies.

While BJP’s Subramanian Swamy favoured putting out an edited version of the clippings, his party, which had slammed the opposition for suggesting proof of the surgical strikes be released, reasserted its position on the issue.

Hitting out at those “seeking proof” of the attacks in PoK, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said that further discussions on the operations will be an “insult” to the “commendable” task carried out by the Army.

A day after it was put in a difficult situation when its leader Sanjay Nirupam called the surgical strikes “fake”, the Congress reiterated that it has full faith in the statement of the DGMO. “We again request the government to use all information, evidence and instruments at their disposal in calling the Pakistani bluff,” said Congress spokesman RPN Singh. Reacting to a media report on the details of the operation, BJP spokesperson G V L Narasimha Rao said, “At a time when the whole world has stopped believing Pakistan, we have the spectacle of the Congress, (Delhi chief minister Arvind) Kejriwal and other parties questioning the strikes carried out by our armed forces and giving a handle to Pakistan to advance its false propaganda.” Joining the debate, former Army chief Gen V P Malik slammed those questioning the credibility of the strikes, saying, “The video should not be released just because some stupid people have sought so.”

Another former army chief, Gen J J Singh, also took a similar line and said that when armed forces make a claim there should be no doubt.

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