NEW DELHI Former Indian union minister Arun Shourie has exposed India’sblatant lies pertaining to fake surgical strike inside Pakistan’s territoryas he termed them ‘farzical strike’.

Senior journalist and a member of the BJP, Shourie was attending the booklaunch of Kashmir: Glimpses of History , written by Congress leaderSaifuddin Soz, who stoked a controversy by saying if given a choice, thepeople of Kashmir will choose independence.

Shourie castigated the Centre for taking credit and patting itself for thejob that the Indian Army actually does on ground. He clarified that he usedthe word “farzical” for the government and not the army, adding that therehas been no improvement in the ground situation even after the surgicalstrike.