Highlights 1 Parrikar praised Indian Army for surgical strikes. 2 He slammed those asking for proof of surgical strikes. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the Indian Army's surgical strikes in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir last week were "100 per cent perfect" and slammed the people "doubting the bravery of our soldiers" by asking for the proof of the operation. At a BJP rally in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh's Agra district to felicitate the strikes, Parrikar said, "We carried out a 100 per cent perfect surgical strike. The BJP's decision to celebrate the surgical strikes in Uttar Pradesh came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi gagged his ministers from "chest-thumping" and speaking out-of-turn on the issue.

Source: India Today October 06, 2016 10:07 UTC