NEW DELHI: Indian Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday questionedthe airstrikes conducted by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Jaish-e-Mohammedcamps in Pakistan.
Tweeting comments of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on theairstrikes, he asked if the strike was just an election gimmick.
“300 terrorist dead, Yes or No? What was the purpose then? Were youuprooting terrorist or trees? Was it an election gimmick?
Deceit possesses our land in guise of fighting a foreign enemy. Stoppoliticising the army, it is as sacred as the state,” he tweeted. He alsotweeted a photo with a quote, “In war, truth is the first casualty”.link[image: View image on Twitter]link:View image on Twitter]link:View image on Twitter]link:View image on Twitter]link
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300 terrorist dead, Yes or No?
What was the purpose then? Were you uprooting terrorist or trees? Was it anelection gimmick?
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Deceit possesses our land in guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
Stop politicising the army, it is as sacred as the state.
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He had said that Pakistan should not be blamed for the Pulwama attack inwhich 40 CRPF personnel had been martyred. Congress too had attempted todistance itself from his comments calling it his personal opinion.
Amid demands that Sidhu be sacked as Punjab state minister, Congressspokesperson Manish Tewari had said: “There is a time to act and a time totalk. Dialogue can only take place when the atmosphere is conducive for it.
