Days after Pulwama attack, India on Tuesday carried out pre-dawn strikes in Pakistan . Reports say that terror launch pads across the LoC in Balakot, Chakothi and Muzaffarabad sectors have been completely destroyed along with terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) control rooms.
Reacting to the news, Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi, in a tweet wrote, "I salute the pilots of the IAF.”
?? I salute the pilots of the IAF. ?? — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) February 26, 2019
Wow, if this is true this was not a small strike by any stretch of imagination but will wait for official word, should any be forthcoming. https://t.co/bOFt7SXl43 — Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) February 26, 2019
We are bombing our own territory temporarily called PoK. So no international law broken but it is in self defence — Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) February 26, 2019
भारतीय वायु सेना ने शौर्य का परिचय दिया। #JaiHind 'मोदी है तो मुमकिन है।' https://t.co/Eg0ae6LX6g — Sidharth Nath Singh (@SidharthNSingh) February 26, 2019
Congratulations to our brave air force for a brilliant operation across the LOC. — Yashwant Sinha (@YashwantSinha) February 26, 2019
I salute the bravery of Indian Air Force pilots who have made us proud by striking terror targets in Pakistan — Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 26, 2019
.@IAF_MCC ???#IndianAirForce pic.twitter.com/yGi2ZQygf3 — AAP (@AamAadmiParty) February 26, 2019
Jai Hind. — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) February 26, 2019
I salute the Indian Air Force and indeed all our Armed Forces. Congratulations @IAF_MCC — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) February 26, 2019
IAF also means India's Amazing Fighters. Jai Hind — Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) February 26, 2019
Speaking to CNN-News18, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that he is proud of the Indian Army. "We have told Pakistan that our martyrs' sacrifices will not go waste. I am an Indian and I feel proud today. I am waiting for more information but I feel proud of what information I have got till now."
India's operation comes two week after the terror attack in Pulwama in which over 40 soldiers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed when a suicide bomber of the Jaish-e-Mohammed exploded a car full of bombs next to a security convoy.
The Jaish-e-Mohammed, which is led by Masood Azhar, had claimed responsibility for the February 14 attack and had also posted videos of the bomber, who had joined the terror group a year ago.
On September 29, 2016, the army had carried out surgical strikes on seven terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) in retaliation to an attack on its base in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri earlier that month.
Soon after the Pulwama terror attack, India had appealed to the international community to back the naming of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a "UN designated terrorist".
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