TNN, New Delhi :
Pakistan has been left shell-shocked by the “surgical strikes” carried out by Indian Special Forces against terror launchpads in PoK, said defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday.
Even as Parrikar also warned Pakistan that it would get a befitting response for any cross-border misadventure, General Dalbir Singh Suhag visited the two main Army commands on the western
front to take stock of the operational preparedness and prevailing security situation. “Pakistan is in a state of coma just like an anaesthetized patient after surgery.
Even two days after the surgical strikes, Pakistan has no idea what has happened,” said Parrikar, speaking for the first time after Thursday’s surgical strikes.
Continuing in his typical colloquial manner in Hindi at a function at Peethsain Chauthan in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal region, the defence minister said India had no intention to occupy or capture any nation. “Lord Rama won Lanka and gave it to Vibhishana. We did the same in the Bangladesh operation. We do not want to harm anyone, but if some harms us, a befitting reply will be given.”
Parrikar said Pakistan was trying to deny the surgical strikes because it had been left stunned, unable to realize how and when the Indian commandos sneaked into PoK to complete the task.
“Lord Hanuman did not know of his powers before going to Lanka. Similarly, I made our armed forces realize their power… On the orders of Modiji, the Army did a great job,” he said.
As reported by TOI earlier, the Army and IAF are maintaining a high state of operational readiness all along the LoC as well as the international boundary with Pakistan, with additional troops, fuel and ammunition stocks being forward deployed as well as activation of all airbases in the Western Air Command.
“But we are maintaining a defensive posture. We have done what we wanted to do through the strikes,” said a senior officer. Pakistan, too, has deployed additional battalions along the LoC.
Pakistan has been left shell-shocked by the “surgical strikes” carried out by Indian Special Forces against terror launchpads in PoK, said defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday.
Even as Parrikar also warned Pakistan that it would get a befitting response for any cross-border misadventure, General Dalbir Singh Suhag visited the two main Army commands on the western
front to take stock of the operational preparedness and prevailing security situation. “Pakistan is in a state of coma just like an anaesthetized patient after surgery.
Even two days after the surgical strikes, Pakistan has no idea what has happened,” said Parrikar, speaking for the first time after Thursday’s surgical strikes.
Continuing in his typical colloquial manner in Hindi at a function at Peethsain Chauthan in Uttarakhand’s Pauri Garhwal region, the defence minister said India had no intention to occupy or capture any nation. “Lord Rama won Lanka and gave it to Vibhishana. We did the same in the Bangladesh operation. We do not want to harm anyone, but if some harms us, a befitting reply will be given.”
Parrikar said Pakistan was trying to deny the surgical strikes because it had been left stunned, unable to realize how and when the Indian commandos sneaked into PoK to complete the task.
“Lord Hanuman did not know of his powers before going to Lanka. Similarly, I made our armed forces realize their power… On the orders of Modiji, the Army did a great job,” he said.
As reported by TOI earlier, the Army and IAF are maintaining a high state of operational readiness all along the LoC as well as the international boundary with Pakistan, with additional troops, fuel and ammunition stocks being forward deployed as well as activation of all airbases in the Western Air Command.
“But we are maintaining a defensive posture. We have done what we wanted to do through the strikes,” said a senior officer. Pakistan, too, has deployed additional battalions along the LoC.
