Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the entire world knows that if anyone tries to meddle with the Indian border a befitting reply will be given, recounting the surgical strikes carried out in the wake of the 2019 Pulwama terror attack.
Shah also said that India has joined the likes of the US and Israel in retaliating against those meddling with their borders.
Hitting out at the previous Congress rule for its negligent security measures, the Home Minister said India used to issue statements whenever terror attacks were carried out by the Pakistan-backed extremists but things have changed after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister.
“Earlier only two nations, the United States of America and Israel, used to retaliate whenever someone meddled with their borders and military. Now due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, our great nation India has joined that group,” Shah said, PTI reported.
“After Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, terrorist attacks took place in Uri in 2016 and Pulwama in 2019, we carried out surgical strikes and air strikes within 10 days inside Pakistan. Some people question how it (surgical strike and air strike) had any effect. I tell them that it (counter attack) has a huge impact,” he added.
Highlighting other achievements of the Modi government, Shah said many issues such as the abrogation of Article 370, 35-A, which granted special powers to Jammu and Kashmir were addressed in no time.
The Centre had on August 5, 2019, abrogated Article 370 of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two Union territories.
“August 5, 2019 will be written in Indian history with golden letters. People were saying that if Article 370 is abolished then it will lead to a bloodbath but no one could even dare to throw a pebble, let alone bloodbath. Prime Minister Modi annexed Kashmir with rest of India by abolishing Article 370,” Shah said.
