Surgical Strike Day 2023: The strikes were a response to the Uri attack, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed by Pakistan-backed terrorists on September 18.
India received intelligence that the JeM had shifted many in-training terrorists and hardcore operatives, along with their trainers, to the camp, about 20 km from Balakot town. aaa
Congress veteran leader Digvijaya Singh, a former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and former AICC general secretary, who turns 76 on Saturday, is quite upset with Mr Rahul Gandhi over his rude remark of calling his views on Balakot surgical strike as “ridiculous”.
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that he was awakened to speak to his then Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj who told him that Pakistan was preparing for a nuclear attack in the wake of the Balakot surgical strike.