Parrikar was extremely angry over Uri terror attack: Rajnath Singh

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said the then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was extremely upset and angry after the 2016 Uri terror attack that had claimed the lives of 17 jawans.  Singh, here to participate in a condolence meeting held in the memory of Parrikar, who died on March 17, narrated his experience about working with his former Cabinet colleague and shared anecdotes.

“After the Uri terror attack (on September 18, 2016), we were called by PM. I was with Parrikar in that meeting. Parrikar was extremely upset and angry over the incident,” Singh said.  On September 29, 2016, the Indian Army had carried out surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) in retaliation to the Uri attack.

“He had also played a major role in the air strike (surgical strikes). He monitored the operation throughout night,” Singh said.  “He played an important role in two air strikes,” the Union minister said, apparently referring to the surgical strikes across the LoC and also inside Myanmar.