LAHORE – Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad has made prediction aboutIndian surgical strike in Pakistan in 2019 to please the right wing voterin India by PM Modi government.
Rashid on Thursday warned that India’s incumbent government can carry out asurgical strike inside Pakistan in 2019 to appease his far-rightconstituents before next general election in 2019, local media reported.
Addressing a press conference, the minister said that Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi’s party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), faced defeat in threestates during recently held elections.ADVERTISING
He added that Modi can conduct such an attack to distract people and getpolitical gains ahead of the general elections in India.
The BJP lost power in the states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and MadhyaPradesh this month, energizing the main opposition Congress party, whichdefeated Modi’s part in the offices. Recent electoral losses in traditionalstrongholds put it on the back foot before the general elections.
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In 2016, India had made a false claim of launching ‘surgical strikes’ on‘terror launch pads across the LoC. However, Pakistan categoricallyrejected Indian claims and announced to have captured an Indian soldier thesame day.
Despite repeated efforts by the incumbent Pakistani government to normaliserelations with India, ties between the two South Asian arch-rivals hit afresh low after India recently withdrew from a planned meeting between theforeign ministers of both countries on the sidelines of the United NationsGeneral Assembly session.
