Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Thursday asserted that he was not aware of any surgical strike carried out during the UPA government led by Manmohan Singh, and that there was no information available about it.
He said Operation Sindoor was necessary to teach Pakistan a lesson, adding that the neighbouring country should stop supporting terrorists and hand over the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) back to India.
Before being part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Athawale’s Republic Party of India (Athawale) was a constituent of the Congress-helmed United Progressive Alliance (UPA). PTI
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