Union minister Prakash Javadekar has hit out at the Congress’ claims about the six surgical strikes across the border into Pakistan, which were carried during the UPA government’s reign. Shukla’s list came after former prime minister Manmohan Singh said in an exclusive interview to Hindustan Times that multiple surgical strikes had taken place during his tenure. Also read: Many surgical strikes during UPA’s tenure’, says former Prime Minister Manmohan SinghAnd on Friday, Prakash Javadekar became the latest BJP leader to criticise the Congress in a tweet and called out its “false claim”. Now they say they have conducted 6 such strikes!” Prakash Javadekar tweeted on Friday. The BJP’s leader Arun Jaitley also took a jibe at the opposition party, saying its surgical strikes were “invisible and unknown”.

Source: Hindustan Times May 03, 2019 06:33 UTC