Balakot air strike: Opposition walking into Narendra Modi's trap by questioning attack on JeM camp
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot air strike: Opposition walking into Narendra Modi's trap by questioning attack on JeM camp

Firstpost  

Modi’s rallies since the Balakot strikes have been aimed at solidifying the national sentiment that seeks to teach Pakistan a lesson for bleeding India relentlessly. “A young India, with a large digitally enabled middle class is asking for growth and change,” as PwC writes in its report ‘Future of India - the Winning Leap.’ A simultaneous churn that emanates from this growth in a demographically young nation is a clamour for power projection. The prime minister’s rallies since the Balakot strikes — one in Churu, Rajasthan and another one in Amethi, Uttar Pradesh — have been explicitly aimed at solidifying this national sentiment that seeks to teach Pakistan a lesson for bleeding India relentlessly. Balakot had called out Pakistan’s nuclear bluff, and India, by virtue of using air power across the Line of Control, has pushed the envelope beyond the post-Uri precision strikes.

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PM Modi's Anti-Pakistan Rhetoric: Will It Help BJP in 2024 Elections?
8 months ago

PM Modi's Anti-Pakistan Rhetoric: Will It Help BJP in 2024 Elections?

The Quint  

While many believe that the Balakot strikes and the concomitant anti-Pakistan propaganda was one of the factors that contributed to the BJP's win in 2019, experts argue that the saffron party should not live under the illusion that the "nationalism card" will attain similar benefits in the 2024 elections as well. But playing this card won't influence voters much ahead …

'Informed Pakistan before breaking to world’: PM Narendra Modi on Balakot airstrike
8 months, 1 week ago

'Informed Pakistan before breaking to world’: PM Narendra Modi on Balakot airstrike

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had informed Pakistan about the Balakot airstrikes even before the news of the attack was broken to the media in India. Addressing a rally in Karnataka's Bagalkot on Monday, PM Narendra Modi said he doesn't believe in attacking from the back and fights openly face-to-face. Balakot airstrike: The airstrikes against the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror base …

PM on Balakot airstrikes: 'Informed Pakistan before disclosing it to world'
8 months, 1 week ago

PM on Balakot airstrikes: 'Informed Pakistan before disclosing it to world'

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he "doesn't believe in attacking from the back" and he had first informed the Pakistani authorities about the airstrike on a terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan. Addressing a rally in Bagalkote in Karnataka on Monday, he said, "I had asked the forces to call the media and inform them about the airstrikes, but …

PM Modi recalls Balakote air strikes during address in Churu
9 months ago

PM Modi recalls Balakote air strikes during address in Churu

Op India  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, 5th April, addressed a rally in Rajasthan’s Churu. The Prime Minister recalled his visit to Churu on 26th February 2019, the same day when India conducted the Balakote air strikes. I had said here ‘Saugandh mujhe iss mitti ki, main desh nahin mitne dunga, main desh nahin rukne dunga, main desh nahin khukne dunga, …

BJP used Pulwama attack, Balakot air strike to win 2019 LS polls: Ex-Tripura CM Manik Sarkar
1 year, 8 months ago

BJP used Pulwama attack, Balakot air strike to win 2019 LS polls: Ex-Tripura CM Manik Sarkar

The Hindu  

The BJP had “used” the 2019 Pulwama terror attack and the consequent air strike at Balakot in the neighbouring country to win the Lok Sabha polls that year, former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar claimed on April 23. Mr. Sarkar made the claim days after former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik, alleged that the Pulwama terror attack …

Balakot strike sent much-needed message…: EAM Jaishankar on India's response to terrorism
1 year, 11 months ago

Balakot strike sent much-needed message…: EAM Jaishankar on India's response to terrorism

India Today  

India's counter response to terrorism emanating from Pakistan and to aggressive cross-border skirmish with China displayed that the nation will not be coerced by anybody, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Our troops deployed in thousands safeguarded our frontiers in extreme terrain and harsh border and continues to this day," Jaishankar said while addressing the Tamil weekly Thuglak's …

Gen Naravane's message to enemy: ‘If anyone tries to harm India…’
2 years ago

Gen Naravane's message to enemy: ‘If anyone tries to harm India…’

Hindustan Times  

Former Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane has said that the air strike by Indian Air Force targeting Jaish-e-Mohammed's advance training camp in Pakistan's Balakot in 2019 was a clear message that if anyone tries to harm India, then they will suffer more. Responding to another question that at the time of the Balakot attack, people's narrative was that …

Modi Govt 8 years: How PM handled Pakistan with iron fist - Surgical strike, Balakot air strike
2 years, 7 months ago

Modi Govt 8 years: How PM handled Pakistan with iron fist - Surgical strike, Balakot air strike

India TV News  

Modi Govt 8 years: Balakot Air Strike - 2019 and Surgical Strike - 2016 were two such military operations by the Modi government that forever changed enemies' perception of how India would act if it’s national interests are compromised through terror attacks or dirty games by its neighbours, particularly Pakistan. The Modi government handled Pakistan with an iron fist conducting …

Three years of Balakot airstrike: Don’t get complacent about terror
2 years, 10 months ago

Three years of Balakot airstrike: Don’t get complacent about terror

Hindustan Times  

On February 26, 2019, 12 Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft took off from India and crossed the border to carry out a punitive strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed facility in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. The Indian government’s intention was unequivocally conveyed to Pakistan and the world that it would no longer resort to dialogue with a nation that repeatedly failed …

Aakar Patel | From Dec 2019 to Dec 2021: A time of trouble, problems grow
3 years, 1 month ago

Aakar Patel | From Dec 2019 to Dec 2021: A time of trouble, problems grow

Deccan Chronicle  

This month marks the beginning of the time two years ago when the Narendra Modi government lost its way. On December 11, after Union home minister Amit Shah had assured Parliament a day before that a nationwide National Register of Citizens was on its way, the government passed the Citizenship Amendment Act. Four days later, on December 15, the Shaheen …

Two Years of Balakot Air Strikes: Forces Displayed Strong Response to Terrorism, Say Top Defence Officials
3 years, 10 months ago

Two Years of Balakot Air Strikes: Forces Displayed Strong Response to Terrorism, Say Top Defence Officials

News 18  

The Balakot air strikes displayed the armed forces’ capability to retaliate deep in the adversary’s territory and also accelerated the process of acquisition of defence assets, experts said on Friday. Lt. Gen. D S Hooda, who was the Army’s Northern Commander during the surgical strikes post the Uri attack in 2016, said the Balakot strike displayed India’s response to terrorism. …

India’s Balakot Action: A Gift For BJP That Keeps On Giving
3 years, 10 months ago

India’s Balakot Action: A Gift For BJP That Keeps On Giving

The Quint  

Especially when the ruling party was seeking a second term with a fairly poor record of governance and when a resurgent Opposition was showing signs of getting its act together. The sheer histrionics of the military engagement and its aftermath—suitably amplified and orchestrated by the government’s media chorus leaders—effectively hijacked the electoral agenda substantially contributing to an even bigger mandate …

Balakot strike dispelled taboo on air power use: Air Chief
4 years, 10 months ago

Balakot strike dispelled taboo on air power use: Air Chief

The Hindu  

The use of the Air Force in the sub-conventional domain was considered a “taboo” in the past and the Balakot air strike was a “paradigm shift”, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. And Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the air strike “forced the rewriting of many a manual and rule book across the Line of Control ” …

Opinion | Delhi’s unpredictability unnerving Islamabad
5 years ago

Opinion | Delhi’s unpredictability unnerving Islamabad

Live Mint  

After Pulwama and the Balakot strike the security equations between India and Pakistan have changed. India had been absorbing the terrorist blows inflicted by Pakistan on India for almost three decades without retaliation except across the Line of Control from Indian soil or some unannounced punitive action of a very limited nature on the Pakistani side of the LoC to …

Twitterati sees Balakot-polls link
5 years, 1 month ago

Twitterati sees Balakot-polls link

The Quint  

New Delhi, Nov 27 As the government on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that inputs indicated attempts at reactivating terror camps at Balakot in Pakistan, the issue resonated on the Twitter too with many users linking it with coming Assembly elections in Delhi and Jharkhand. One user said: "#MHA informs Parliament that attempts are being made to restart the #Balakot …

Balakot air strikes show resolve of political leadership to fight terrorism: IAF Chief
5 years, 3 months ago

Balakot air strikes show resolve of political leadership to fight terrorism: IAF Chief

India Today  

The strategic relevance of Balakot air strikes is the resolve of the political leadership to punish the perpetrators of terrorism, Air Chief RKS Bhadauria said on Tuesday. In his Air Force Day message, the Air Chief said, "The strategic relevance of this is the resolve of the political leadership to punish the perpetrators of terrorism. Stressing that the present security …

'I Was Here in Feb 2019...And Then India Carried Out Balakot Airstrikes': PM Modi at News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2024
5 years, 3 months ago

'I Was Here in Feb 2019...And Then India Carried Out Balakot Airstrikes': PM Modi at News18 Rising Bharat Summit 2024

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while delivering a keynote address at the Network18 Rising Bharat Summit 2024 in New Delhi on Wednesday recalled when he was at the conclave five years ago and a significant event that took place soon after. India’s fighter jets pounded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist training camp in Balakot in Pakistan on February 26, 2019, in response to …

India took precaution in carrying out Balakot strikes, but things may change: Rajnath warns Pak
5 years, 3 months ago

India took precaution in carrying out Balakot strikes, but things may change: Rajnath warns Pak

India TV News  

In a warning to Pakistan, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said India took "great precaution" and did not attack Pakistan or its Army while carrying out strikes on a terror camp in Balakot but things may change if the neighbouring country does not mend its ways. Singh also said India's recognition of Pakistan's existence does not mean it has …

OPINION | Why is Imran Khan afraid of another Balakot-type strike by India?
5 years, 4 months ago

OPINION | Why is Imran Khan afraid of another Balakot-type strike by India?

India TV News  

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, his ministers and army generals were present in Pak Occupied Kashmir on August 14 to express their solidarity over the Kashmir issue, but the tone and tenor of the Pakistani PM was disturbing. Imran Khan alleged that India was planning another strike inside POK similar to the one at Balakot after the suicide terror attack …

Modi’s Audacious Global Bets Have Begun to Yield Dividends
5 years, 5 months ago

Modi’s Audacious Global Bets Have Begun to Yield Dividends

The Quint  

The verdict will have the following implications: Indian national Jadhav is going to get a fair trial in civilian courts in Pakistan and there is a possibility of acquittal too. Pakistan’s propaganda machinery will have to come up with something solid rather than relying on so-called confessional statements of captured Indian nationals. If Pakistan takes the ICJ verdict positively, looks …

Post-poll survey: No Balakot effect on the 2019 Lok Sabha Election in Uttarakhand
5 years, 7 months ago

Post-poll survey: No Balakot effect on the 2019 Lok Sabha Election in Uttarakhand

The Hindu  

In Uttarakhand, the BJP repeated its 2014 performance by winning all five seats. Three out of every five voters in the State voted for the BJP as the vote share of the ruling party crossed the 60% mark, a gain of nearly six percentage points from 2014. An analysis of the voting choice data from the Lokniti post-poll survey in …

HD Kumaraswamy hits out at PM, says 'Narendra Modi doesn't know difference between Balakot and Bagalkot'
5 years, 8 months ago

HD Kumaraswamy hits out at PM, says 'Narendra Modi doesn't know difference between Balakot and Bagalkot'

Firstpost  

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday said that his father HD Deve Gowda’s ten-month long tenure as the Prime Minister of India was much better than Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s so far as far as the country’s internal security is concerned. Hubli: Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Saturday said that his father HD Deve Gowda’s ten-month long tenure …

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat April 12 episode: Modi is tapping public anger over Opposition questioning Balakot air strike
5 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Aaj ki Baat April 12 episode: Modi is tapping public anger over Opposition questioning Balakot air strike

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an astute and consummate orator-cum-politician. There is no doubt public anger over Congress, NCP and MNS leaders questioning the outcome of Balakot air strike. People openly criticized the Opposition leaders for raising doubts about the army's surgical strike and IAF's Balakot air strike. These leaders have been openly advocating 'two PMs and two constitutions", and …

Abusing Narendra Modi on Balakot air strikes is almost like helping Pakistan, says PM at Main Bhi Chowkidar event
5 years, 9 months ago

Abusing Narendra Modi on Balakot air strikes is almost like helping Pakistan, says PM at Main Bhi Chowkidar event

Firstpost  

Responding to a question from Mumbai on the Balakot air strikes, Narendra Modi said they were carried out by the country’s security forces and not by him. Modi said he took the decision for the Indian Air Force to conduct the air strikes as he thought that “the game” should be played from where terrorism is being remote-controlled. New Delhi: …

263 terrorists were present in Balakot camp, Pakistan burned and dumped bodies, say reports
5 years, 9 months ago

263 terrorists were present in Balakot camp, Pakistan burned and dumped bodies, say reports

Op India  

In line with the proofs regarding the Balakot air strikes steadily trickling down, more incontrovertible evidence confirming the air strikes has surfaced today. #BalakotTape SUPER EXCLUSIVE Balakot Tape: Secret source confirms ‘Pakistan burnt bodies and dumped them in river; ISI & JeM in fear’ and names terrorists killed in IAF’s Balakot blitzhttps://t.co/NzXhVZv5cU — Republic March 11, 2019 The audio account …

Will Balakot airstrike be Modi's winning card?
5 years, 9 months ago

Will Balakot airstrike be Modi's winning card?

Deccan Chronicle  

Propaganda is a legitimate political tool, but it does not help in winning wars, nor elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his BJP seem quite geared up to fight this summer’s Lok Sabha election on a war with Pakistan that has not been fought. Political pundits have declared that after the Balakot airstrikes, Mr Modi and his party have turned …

A shrill campaign won't fetch BJP Balakot votes
5 years, 10 months ago

A shrill campaign won't fetch BJP Balakot votes

Deccan Chronicle  

In my view, the fundamental aspect about the airstrike at the Jaish training camp at Balakot, is that it signifies a paradigm shift in our security doctrine. In a pre-dawn attack on February 26, 12 of our Mirage-2000 fighter jets crossed the Line of Control, and used precision-guided SPICE-2000 bombs to hit terrorist targets deep within Pakistan territory. The Balakot …

Balakot strike did not yield desired results as violence still continues in Jammu and Kashmir, says Praveen Togadia
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot strike did not yield desired results as violence still continues in Jammu and Kashmir, says Praveen Togadia

Firstpost  

Without naming then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Hindutva leader praised the country’s leadership during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, which led to the creation of Bangladesh. Bhopal: Former Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia Friday said the air strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Pakistan has not yielded desired results as terror attacks have not stopped in Jammu and …

Hype after Balakot: War politics' can backfire
5 years, 10 months ago

Hype after Balakot: War politics' can backfire

Deccan Chronicle  

The Balakot air attack by the Indian Air Force was an inflexion point in India-Pakistan relations and had three possible aims. Sushma Swaraj’s old chant returned to haunt the BJP when she in Opposition claimed, after the beheading of two Indian soldiers by Pakistani Army teams, that in power the BJP would bring back multiple Pakistani heads. Thus began the …

Kashmir and the RSS-BJP’s Muslim problem
5 years, 10 months ago

Kashmir and the RSS-BJP’s Muslim problem

Live Mint  

A video showing two dry-fruit vendors from Kashmir being thrashed by a group of hooligans from Vishwa Hindu Dal in Lucknow has gone viral. Nevertheless, the Prime Minister probably sensed that the legitimate nation-wide uproar over the Pulwama terror attack was effectively building a nationalistic narrative around the Kashmir problem and that these incidences of harassment of the Kashmiri people …

Hit hard at Pak terror, but keep hype in check
5 years, 10 months ago

Hit hard at Pak terror, but keep hype in check

Deccan Chronicle  

The Indian Air Force strike on Balakot has not turned out to be as complete a success as one would have hoped. The Pakistani media fed by its military establishment reported that no terrorist infrastructure or camp at Balakot was hit by IAF Mirages that intruded deep into Pakistani territory. The international media also lapped up the Pakistani claim that …

Opinion | Terror, the common thread linking Pulwama, Balakot
5 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Terror, the common thread linking Pulwama, Balakot

Live Mint  

A little over a fortnight ago, a suicide bomber belonging to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed attacked a convoy transiting Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, killing 40 members of the security forces. In the process, India, by justifying its unprecedented aggression as an act to maim Jaish-e-Mohammed, which had claimed ownership of the Pulwama attack, unequivocally established the connection between Pakistan and its …

With Balakot strike, India has called Pakistan’s nuclear bluff: Kanwal Sibal
5 years, 10 months ago

With Balakot strike, India has called Pakistan’s nuclear bluff: Kanwal Sibal

Live Mint  

New Delhi: With the air strike on Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, India has now set a new bar in dealing with cross-border terrorism, former foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal said. The Narendra Modi government’s action has opened up strategic space for India and called Pakistan’s bluff—raising the spectre of nuclear exchange between the two countries should there be tensions, …

India should persevere with Balakot-like strategy to bust Pakistan terror modules, actively take up Baloch, Pashtun causes
5 years, 10 months ago

India should persevere with Balakot-like strategy to bust Pakistan terror modules, actively take up Baloch, Pashtun causes

Firstpost  

The world should also realize that Baloch movement is about a freedom struggle and even if India cannot invite them to set up base here, at least the leaders in exile should be provided a platform to counter Pakistan’s rhetoric New Delhi: While Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was talking of peace in Parliament on Thursday, a terror outfit Al-Badr …

Narendra Modi defines New India’s stand on terrorism, hails Abhinandan
5 years, 10 months ago

Narendra Modi defines New India’s stand on terrorism, hails Abhinandan

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday defined India’s new strategy against cross-border terrorism—“return the damage done by the terrorist with interest” —as he hailed Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force Wing Commander who returned to India after two days in Pakistani custody. Analysts have described the Balakot air strike as drawing new red lines in India’s fight against …

Mamata Banerjee says India has right to know what happened in Balakot, IAF should get to reveal facts
5 years, 10 months ago

Mamata Banerjee says India has right to know what happened in Balakot, IAF should get to reveal facts

Firstpost  

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said lives of jawans are much more valuable than electoral politics, but the nation has a right to know what actually happened at Balakot in Pakistan following the IAF’s air strike there. Citing foreign media reports that not much damage was done by the Indian Air Force’s pre-emptive strike on terror camps …

Balakot strike resets the rules of engagement with Pakistan
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot strike resets the rules of engagement with Pakistan

Live Mint  

The rules of engagement with Pakistan underwent a rude reset on Tuesday after the Indian Air Force struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed training centre located in that country, killing up to 300 terrorists, especially since Prime Minister Narendra Modi had begun his tenure in 2014 on a conciliatory note inviting then Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif to be part of the swearing-in ceremony. …

Pushing boundaries: on Balakot air strikes
5 years, 10 months ago

Pushing boundaries: on Balakot air strikes

The Hindu  

The Indian Air Force’s strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training camp in Pakistan’s Balakot delivers a robust but calibrated message. In effect, New Delhi’s line is that the operation was an intelligence-driven counter-terror strike rather than escalatory military aggression. It is still to be determined how far the JeM has been set back, but the strikes mark a new chapter …

Balakot air strikes: Diplomats laud choice of targets
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot air strikes: Diplomats laud choice of targets

The Hindu  

Responding to India’s air strikes, veteran diplomats said Islamabad should appreciate the fact that Indian jets did not strike Pakistan military installations but only the camp of the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed in Balakot. Mr. Sinha’s comments came after the Pakistan military spokesman said the Pakistan military would surprise India with its response. Kashmir issue Chinmaya Gharekhan, former Indian envoy to …

Pakistan foreign minister calls Indian Air Force strikes 'fictitious', misadventure by Modi govt ahead of LS elections
5 years, 10 months ago

Pakistan foreign minister calls Indian Air Force strikes 'fictitious', misadventure by Modi govt ahead of LS elections

Firstpost  

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Finance Minister Asad Umar and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak held a press briefing where they denied the the presence of Jaish-e-Mohammed training camps in the areas attacked by the Indian Air Force. Qureshi read out a statement from the National Security Committee meeting held earlier Tuesday which said that the Indian government made fictitious …

News Analysis | Parsing the Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale's statement on the Balakot strike
5 years, 10 months ago

News Analysis | Parsing the Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale's statement on the Balakot strike

The Hindu  

Both the format and the wording of Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale’s statement on Tuesday announcing the Indian Air Force's strikes on a terror training camp in Balakot, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, indicated a restrained determination from New Delhi aimed at avoiding a military escalation. However, like the DGMO, Mr. Gokhale began with a preamble on Pakistan’s refusal to take action …

Balakot air strikes: Pakistan slams ‘aggression’, vows to hit back
5 years, 10 months ago

Balakot air strikes: Pakistan slams ‘aggression’, vows to hit back

The Hindu  

Pakistan on Tuesday termed India’s cross-border air strike “uncalled for aggression” and vowed retaliation. “India has committed uncalled for aggression to which Pakistan shall respond at the time and place of its choosing,” Pakistan’s National Security Committee said in a statement. The NSC called the Indian government’s claims of targeting a militant camp in Balakot “self-serving, reckless and fictitious.” Mr. …

Why being seen as tough on Pakistan helps India’s Modi
5 years, 10 months ago

Why being seen as tough on Pakistan helps India’s Modi

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Tensions between India and Pakistan, already on the rise since mid-February, spiked in the most dramatic of ways on Tuesday, with Delhi saying it had launched airstrikes on what it alleged was a terrorist training camp across its de facto border with Islamabad. “Credible intelligence was received that JeM was attempting another suicide terror attack in …

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