Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that as far he knows, the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government did not launch any surgical strikes as claimed by the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in an interview with Hindustan Times last week. Modi said that the army chiefs in charge at the time have said they do not have any information on such strikes. “What kind of surgical strike was it? Last week, Singh said that his government had carried out similar surgical strikes, but not used them to garner votes. First with the surgical strike and now with the air strike, we have sent the message that there will now be significant costs to sponsoring terror,” Modi said.

Source: Hindustan Times May 09, 2019 00:45 UTC