Terrorism in the National Border.
Pankaj Shah & Arindam Ghosh
Jhansi / New Delhi : The possibility of a military strike against Pakistan appeared to loom large on Friday after the Modi government directed the armed forces to start preparing to avenge the killing of 40 CRPF personnel by ISI-controlled jihadi outfit Jaish-e-Muhammed.
The political clearance for a military response was given by PM Narendra Modi-led Cabinet Committee on security against the backdrop of mounting anger and horror over the biggest-ever terrorist attack on security forces in J&K and a growing clamour for retaliation against Pakistan, which has been held responsibility by the government for the atrocity.
Sources said the CCS meeting factored in the possibility of an
armed confrontation with a bellicose neighbour, but resolved not to be deterred by the risk of escalation. " They are going to get a nasty surprise yet again," said a senior government source familiar with the deliberations which were attended by home minister Rajnath Singh,
foreign minister Sushma Swaraj, finance minister Arun Jaitley, Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, NSA Ajit Doval and Army chief General Bipin Rawat among others.
Sources also indicated that India's response will focus, like the surgical strikes launched in the aftermath of the attack on the Army camp at Uri, on terror infrastructure inside Pakistan. " Let them try to thwart us," one of the participants said.
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( The Times of India, Chennai, Saturday, February 16, 2019 )
Courtesy : MPS
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