Narendra Modi in Kanyakumari: 'After 26/11, IAF wanted surgical strike, but UPA didn't allow it,' says PM
5 years, 10 months ago

Narendra Modi in Kanyakumari: 'After 26/11, IAF wanted surgical strike, but UPA didn't allow it,' says PM

Firstpost  

With people across India glued to their TV screens on Friday afternoon, awaiting the return of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman from Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a crowd in the coastal town of Kanyakumari how each Indian was proud that Varthaman was a resident of Tamil Nadu. The prime minister then came came down heavily on the UPA regime, talking how there were several terror attacks from “2004 to 2014” but no concrete action was taken against the perpetrators. “After 26/11, there were news reports which said that the IAF wanted to go ahead with a surgical strike, but the UPA didn’t allow it. He went on to add it was after 30 years, in 2014, that a party had got full majority in the Parliament, before going on to add that the message hence was loud and clear – “they wanted a government that takes bold and tough decisions.” The prime minister also laid the foundation stone for a bridge parallel to the Pamban Bridge, which is 104 years old.

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