Ex. DGMO Denies Congress Claim of Surgical Strikes in Past

BENGALURU: There are lots of comments given by different political parties after the Indian Army conducted a surgical strike on 29^th September. Many praised the Army for its brave operations while some of them were left with asking for proof and saying current government just hyped it for fame. In this course, congress spokesperson said that such kind of surgical strikes also carried out during the UPA tenure. However, The Times of India reported that former DGMO, Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia declined the claims of congress party.

The opposition party is bashing the ruling party for unnecessarily bragging the army operation. The congress party claimed that similar kind of strikes was conducted by the Indian Army on 1^st September 2011, 28^th July 2013, and January 14^th, 2014. However, former DGMO’s comment dents the congress party claims. Mr. Bhatia served as DGMO in Indian army from October 2012 to February 2014. He said that the strikes of such intent were never carried out by the army in the past.

Lt. Gen. Bhatia said that the strikes conducted by the army on 29 September are totally different in terms of scale, impact, and dimensions and the army carried very delicate and deliberate strikes. Recent strikes are very special and can’t be compared with the earlier ones because previous strikes were planned and implemented on a small level. This surgical strike displays our economy, information warfare, and diplomatic power.

India and Pakistan relationship intensified after the Uri attack on September 18^th when 19 of our soldiers died and many were injured. Mr. Bhatia said, Uri attacks tested our patience and they crossed the red lines and our army responded and let them pay for it. Army planned for this strike at the highest level and executed it with highest details and exposed the Pakistan’s bluff on terrorism and in the past nothing like this happened.

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