NEW DELHI: Union Minister and former Army chief V K Singh Tuesday said India had to conduct airstrike on a Jaish terrorist camp in Pakistan as Islamabad was given several opportunities to take action on terror-related activities promoted from Pakistani soil, but it “did not”.
Asked about Pakistan’s reaction that Islamabad now has a “right to respond in self-defence”, Singh, said, “I have nothing to say on that, but whatever they do, they should do it after thinking carefully.”
India struck Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) biggest camp in Pakistan early Tuesday in a major “preemptive” action killing a large number of terrorists and trainers of the Pak-based terror group preparing to carry out suicide attacks in this country, a top official said.
“Pakistan was given several opportunities and told to take action on terror-related activities promoted from its soil. They did not take action,” Singh told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.
“The expected action did not happen from their (Pakistani) side, so India had to do something from our own side to reign in those elements,” he said. (AGENCIES)
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