Modi Is Insulting Army by Questioning UPA Era Strikes: Congress

The Congress on Friday blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for offending the Indian Army by scrutinizing the UPA time cross outskirt strikes. The gathering was responding to Mr. Modi's remarks expelling the rundown of six careful strikes discharged by the resistance on Thursday as "kagazi strikes" or just on paper.

"Modiji's bold expressions today in a decision rally in Sikar, Rajasthan contrasting the careful strikes led by the military as "paper" and "computer games" is only immediate maltreatment of the unstoppable valor and fortitude of our courageous jawans," Congress correspondences in-control Randeep Singh Surjewala said in an announcement here. He included that the Prime Minister's announcements uncover his edginess and anxiety.

He said the Prime Minister was additionally addressing past Army boss, including Gen. Bikram Singh who served amid the UPA years.

The Congress had discharged a rundown of six cross fringe strikes under the UPA routine, which set off a war of words between the two gatherings. At a race rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tested the Congress' case and blamed the gathering for lying.

"Pehle upeksha, fir virodh, stomach muscle metoo! metoo! (They at first rejected it, at that point restricted and now saying 'me as well' )," Mr. Modi said including that all the UPA's careful strikes were simply on paper.

"It's a self-evident truth there were careful strikes under our residency, previous Army chief has affirmed it. The PM in his edginess ought not to escape by his very own purposeful publicity, ought not to make flighty remarks scrutinizing the validity of previous Chiefs," Congress MP and senior representative Anand Sharma told columnists.

According to the Congress list there were six careful strikes under their routine — Bhattal area in Poonch (June 19, 2008); Sharda part, crosswise over Neelam River Valley, in Kel (August 30-September 1, 2011); Sawan Patra check post (January 6, 2013); Nazapir division (July 27-28, 2013); Neelam Valley (August 6, 2013); and one on December 23, 2013.

The gathering additionally hailed the two careful strikes did under the past BJP-drove NDA legislature of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. These were Nadala Enclave, over the Neelam River (January 21, 2000) and Baroh area in Poonch (September 18, 2003).