Lt General (Retd) DS Hooda, has said that a number of surgical strikes were carried out during the UPA tenure.

“Call it surgical strikes, call it cross border operations, they have been carried out in the past by the Army. I’m not aware of exact dates and areas that have been brought out,” Hooda said.

The statement of the General has come amid Controversy when Congress leader Rajeev Shukla claimed that 6 surgical Strikes were carried out during UPA regime while the PM Modi had hit back by saying that they were carries out sitting in AC rooms.

Rahul Gandhi addressed a press conference today in which he asked for an apology from PM Modi as he had insulted the Army with his comments that surgical strikes were never carried out during UPA regime.