Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu: IAF Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa addressing a press conference on air strike said, “IAF is not in a position to clarify the number of casualties. The government will clarify that. We don’t count human casualties, we count what targets we have hit or not.”
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa in response to media queries regarding the Balakot air strike at a press conference in Coimbatore said, “IAF is not in a postilion to clarify the number of casualties. The government will clarify that. We don’t count human casualties, we count what targets we have hit or not.”
“The target has been clearly amplified by FS in his statement. If we plan to hit the target, we hit the target, otherwise why would he (Pak PM) have responded, if we dropped bombs in the jungles why would he respond,” Air Marshal told mediapersons.
India counterterroring Pulwama attack on February 26 wiped out three headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed, terror-based outfit’s were training camps in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) region.
In one of the deadliest attacks on India by JeM, who find solace in Pakistani soil, killed a convoy of CRPF in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on February 14, around 40 soldiers were martyred in the suicide bomb attack.
Air Marshal’s comments on air strike casualty after BJP chief Amit Shah claimed that at least 250 terrorists were killed in the Balakot air strike.
“Under Modi’s leadership, the government carried out an air strike and killed more than 250 terrorists,” Shah had claimed during an election rally in Gujarat on Sunday.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the number of casualties or BJP chief Amit Shah?” asked BJP MP SS Ahluwalia on Thursday.
“I have seen the media reports but has Modi Ji said this anywhere that 300 people have been killed? Have any BJP spokesperson said this? Has Amit Shah said this?” questioned Union Minister Ahluwalia on Balakot air strike while speaking to media persons in SIliguri
Playing the political card at 2019 India Today Conclave, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the opposition and blamed for weakening the country’s strength on Saturday.
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