"Congress government never retaliated after 26/11...": BJP leader CR Kesavan praises PM Modi - World News Network

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], May 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CR Kesavan on Tuesday attacked the Congress party and said that the Congress government never retaliated after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks which took place in 2008, it was only Prime Minister Narendra Modi who removed Pakistan’s Most Favoured Nation status.
“The Congress government never retaliated after 26/11. In 2019, it was only Prime Minister Narendra Modi who removed Pakistan’s Most Favoured Nation status, and the Congress did not do that in 2008. Now we see that the Prime Minister has dealt with terrorism decisively and Prime Minister Modi has always had a very forward policy in dealing with terrorism,” Kesavan told ANI.
He also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address on Operation Sindoor and said that PM Modi’s speech touched the heart of every Indian.
“The Prime Minister’s speech yesterday touched the heart of every Indian, especially the way he saluted our brave men and women in uniform,” he added.
Earlier on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the forces had been given full freedom to wipe out terrorists.
In his address to the Nation, PM Modi said, “Every terror organisation now knows ‘ki hamari behano, betiyon ke maathe se Sindoor hatane ka anjaam kya hota hai”.
“We all have seen the capability and patience of the country in the last few days. I salute the armed forces, the military, the intelligence agency and the scientists,” he said.
“Today, I dedicate this valour, bravery, courage (of armed forces) to every mother of our country, to every sister of the country and to every daughter of the country,” he added.
Referring to the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, PM Modi said, “The barbarism that terrorists have shown has shaken the country and the world”.
“On April 22, in Pahalgam, the barbarism that terrorists have shown has shaken the country and the world. Those innocent people who were celebrating the leaves were killed in front of their families, after being asked about their religion,” he said.
“We have given full freedom to the Indian army to wipe out the terrorists and today every terrorist, every terror organisation knows ‘ki hamari behano, betiyon ke maathe se Sindoor hatane ka anjaam kya hota hai,” he added
Twenty-six people were killed in the ghastly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22. India responded through Operation Sindoor and launched precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in which over 100 terrorists were killed.
The subsequent aggression by Pakistan was effectively repelled by Indian Armed Forces who also pounded Pakistan airbases.
The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, orchestrated by the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed the lives of over 170 people and left hundreds injured. Rana’s extradition and subsequent interrogation are part of India’s ongoing efforts to bring all conspirators of the attacks to justice. (ANI)

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