NEW DELHI – Indian PM Narendra Modi again boasted of his fake surgicalstrike issue in London to make his image strong among the internationalcommunity.
More than a year after India claimed to have conducted surgical strikesagainst Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that NewDelhi tried to contact Islamabad before making news of the strikes public, *TheTimes of Indialink>* reported.
“India had repeatedly attempted to contact Pakistan government to informthem about the top-secret operation conducted by the Indian forces,”claimed Modi while attending an event in London.
“I said before India gets to know, we should call Pakistan and tell themwhat we did. We were calling them since 11 am but they did not answer thephone. At 12 we spoke to them and then told the Indian media,” elaboratedthe Indian prime minister.
The Pakistani military had strongly rejected Indian claims about thestrikes as an “illusion being deliberately generated by the Indians tocreate false effects”.
“This quest by the Indian establishment to create media hype by rebrandingcross-border fire as a surgical strike is fabrication of the truth.Pakistan has made it clear that if there is a surgical strike on Pakistanisoil, the same will be strongly responded.”
Modi further stated that the 2016 strikes on the country were aimed atsending a strong message to Islamabad, according to the Indian publication.
“We believe in peace. But we will not tolerate those who like to exportterror. We will give back strong answers,” alleged Modi and added that insuch a case “India knows how to give a reply”.
The Indian PM was also forced to address the numerous cases of sexualassault in the Hindu-majority country that have sparked outrage acrossIndia, although he stopped short of mentioning the rape case of the Muslimminor from Indian occupied Kashmir which prompted mass protests.
He said that rape is a matter of shame for the entire society, but shouldnot be politicised.
“This is a matter of great concern for the country and these sinners aresomebody’s sons… The rape of a (daughter) is a matter of worry, a shame forthe country,” he said.
“Rape is rape. It cannot be tolerated. But should we compare the number ofrapes in different governments? We cannot say there were this many rapes inour government and that many in yours. There cannot be a worse way to dealwith this issue,” he remarked.
The India premier is in the United Kingdom for a four-day visit ofbilateral engagements as well as multilateral discussions as part of theCommonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.