"Perpetrators of Uri terror attack shall be punished...," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.Some retired army generals also favoured a tough response from India.Expressing outrage over the attack on an army battalion in Uri, the former generals sought urgent action against Pakistan , including keeping the "military option open" to deal with terror from its soil. "We must have our military option open, if required to strike at certain places," Lt Gen (Retd) B S Jaswal said. "Bring pickets, which have launch pad to the ground, raze them to the ground. Stop trade with Pakistan, downgrade (its) Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status. "Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Ata Hasnain said "preventing suicide attack is difficult, but damage control is always possible."

Source: Economic Times September 18, 2016 15:56 UTC