‘They did nothing on 26/11, we responded to PAK’, Jaishankar clarifies referring to the two strikes

S. Jaishankar on Indian Defense Policy: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar on Friday 6 (6 December 2024) said a big thing regarding India’s foreign policy and defense policy. He said that India is no longer the same on the issue of its defence. They Narendra Modi The government also mentioned the air strike on Pakistan.

While speaking at NDTV ‘Indian of the Year Awards 2024’, Jaishankar also raised questions on the previous Congress government. He said how the then government did not respond after the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008. He further said, “…but this did not happen in the BJP government. We responded to Pakistan after the Uri and Balakot attacks.”

Mentioned about surgical strike after Uri attack

Further referring to the terrorist attack in Uri, he said, “After this attack carried out by the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), we launched special operations against terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Surgical strike was carried out using forces. “In this surgical strike in September 2016, Indian soldiers had destroyed many terrorist launch pads.”

‘Pulwama avenged by Balakot air strike’

Jaishankar did not stop here. He also remembered the air strike in Balakot, Pakistan. He said, in February 2019, 40 soldiers were martyred in a suicide bomb attack by a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. We took revenge by carrying out air strike in Balakot.

This is why 26/11 attack was mentioned

Let us tell you that the 26/11 attack took place during the Congress led UPA government. Then in this attack, 10 terrorists of Pakistan’s terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba targeted major places in Mumbai including Taj Hotel, Oberoi Trident Hotel, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal, Leopold Cafe, Nariman House, Cama Hospital and Metro Cinema. In these attacks that lasted for three days, 166 people, including 20 security personnel and 26 foreigners, were killed, while more than 300 were injured.

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