No one had seriously questioned the policy at that time. The UPA government followed a policy of ‘strategic restraint’. And The Hindu dug into the records and published an undeniable report on Operation Ginger (2011). No less a person than Mr Shivshankar Menon, a former NSA, explained the nature of such cross-LoC actions. No less a person than General Bikram Singh, a former Army Chief, confirmed this recently. In the past too, there have been breaches and retaliations. If the understanding is breached by one side, it will invite retaliation by the other. It is in the mutual interest of India and Pakistan that the understanding to maintain ceasefire, reached in 2003, is maintained by both sides as fully as possible and as long as possible. He is on a roller-coaster ride and totally unmindful of the fact that he has made a spectacle of himself.Īs the Army’s spokesman said, “this is not the first time and this will not be the last time”. Who did the Prime Minister have in mind, if not the Defence Minister? But Mr Parrikar is not deterred. That is why, I think, the Prime Minister had to caution his ministers not to indulge in “chest thumping”. Unfortunately, there will be consequences. Much of the above could be brushed aside as the enthusiasm of a first-time Central minister if they had no consequences.

* thirty years of helplessness and frustration have been lifted by this action and the people erupted in joy. * nowhere in the world has such an operation been done with such a degree of success * such an action has never been done before and this is the first surgical strike by the Army * like Hanuman, the Army did not know their prowess until I pointed out to them their strength and capacity Is there any truth in, or justification for, the Defence Minister’s statement that.

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