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Indian Army has formally confirmed to Parliament Defence Standing Committee that surgical strikes were carried out.
It told the committee that surgical strikes could be repeated if situation warranted such a course of action.
It further added that the commando action was based on specific inputs that terrorists were present at terror launch pads across LoC.
Army vice-chief Lt Gen Bipin Rawat informed the panel that the commando action was based on specific inputs that terrorists were present at terror launch pads across the LoC and were intent on striking Indian targets in J&K.
Lt Gen Rawat explain that though the Indian DGMO informed his Pakistani counterpart that the surgical strikes were a “oneoff” action, the future course depended on the security scenario that might unfold if Pakistan did not move to fulfil its promise not to let the territory under its control to be used by terrorists targeting India.
The committee meeting was preceded by some controversy as Congress MPs protested the Army briefing being scheduled and then withdrawn. On Friday morning, the agenda was changed again and Lt Gen Rawat met the MPs.
Lt Gen Rawat said the operation was carried out in self-defence as the Army had vital and concrete inputs+ about the looming infiltration bid by terrorists from different locations and the threat they posed to Indian interests.
The committee members were told that action against terror outfits was being explored since the Pathankot attack at the beginning of the year.The Uri terror strike forced the armed forces to operationalise their plan and attack the terror launch pads.