Minister of State for External Affairs General VK Singh on Saturday responded to Congress’s claims that the six surgical strikes had been carried out during the UPA tenure and accused the Congress of lying.
Taking to the Twitter, Singh wrote, “Congress has a habit of lying. Will you please let me know which ‘So called Surgical Strike’ are you attributing to my tenure as COAS. Am sure you must have hired some Coupta to invent another story.”
Congress has a habit of lying. Will you please let me know which ‘So called Surgical Strike’ are you attributing to my tenure as COAS. Am sure you must have hired some Coupta to invent another story .
— Chowkidar Vijay Kumar Singh (@Gen_VKSingh) May 4, 2019
Singh’s counter to the Congress claims came after senior party leader Rajiv Shukla on Thursday, in a press conference, listed six dates on which he claimed surgical strikes were carried out.
The BJP and the Congress have been in a constant war of words over the surgical strikes conducted by the army as well as the Indian Air Force during the Modi-led BJP government’s tenure.
The former chief of Army staff is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Ghaziabad on a BJP ticket.