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India’s response to “cowardly attacks”
from Pakistan was so powerful that the Indian armed forces were called by their
Pakistani counterparts some days back, pleading that India should halt its
response, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said.
“There is no doubt that the army is gallant,
but for the first time, the country’s political leadership took a strong policy
decision. And after that too, we have given an appropriate response to other
cowardly attacks. It was such a powerful response that some days back, finally
they called us that please stop this we are pleading with you. We said that we
have no problem stopping it, but you stop it too. As a result, there is no
firing on the border,” Parrikar told a poll rally here.
While saying that the Indian Army was gallant,
Parrikar also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second “act of
valour” on black money had made black money, terror funding, fake notes
and drug money disappear.
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Parrikar’s comments come even as three Indian
soldiers were killed and one beheaded earlier this week by Pakistan’s Border
Action Team (BAT). Pakistan has in turn alleged that Indian forces have killed
several civilians and Pakistani soldiers on the border.
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