Recalling the 2019 Balakot airstrike, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the enemy knows that the new India is not shy of entering its territory to give a befitting reply to acts of terror.
Addressing an election rally at Churu in Rajasthan, Mr. Modi said the Congress was soft on terrorism when it was in power, and kept the hands of soldiers tied.
Attacking the Congress for “not allowing” the Army to respond to the enemy’s attacks, he said: “The soldiers kept demanding ‘one rank, one pension’, but it did nothing. My government gave a free hand to the Army to retaliate and teach a lesson to the enemies on the borders. The new India is today capable of killing the enemy.”
