Goyal said that 2016 strikes, which saw Indian Army commandos going into the Pakistani- occupied territory to neutralise terrorist launch pads, showed the world that we "mean business".
The Narendra Modi government will be "celebrating" the second anniversary of the 'surgical strikes' on September 29, Union minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.
The Minister of Railways said the 2016 strikes, which saw Indian Army commandos going into the Pakistani- occupied territory to neutralise terrorist launch pads, showed the world that we "mean business".
"On the 29th of this month, we complete the second anniversary of the surgical strikes. And we will celebrate the day," he said speaking at the Priyadarshini awards, in remarks that come months ahead of the general elections.
Ex-chairperson of Thermax Anu Aga who devotes her time for philanthropic initiatives, former defence minister of Finland Elisabeth Rehn, scientist MN Sharma and actor Anushka Sharma were awarded at the event held late Wednesday.
"The country is in good hands is in the hands of a leader who is protecting every citizen," Goyal said.
The minister also lauded businessman Ronnie Screwvala for coming out with a film on the surgical strike, saying it will inspire the youth of the country.
The surgical strikes on the intervening night of September 28 and 29, 2016 were launched in response to the attack on Uri military base attack carried out by Pakistan-based terrorists.
The operation was carried out by para commandos of the 4th and 9th battalions of the Indian Army and the terror launch pads targeted were in the range of 2 to 3 km from the Line of Control (LoC).
"Based on receiving specific and credible inputs that some terrorist teams had positioned themselves at launch pads along the Line of Control to carry out infiltration and conduct terrorist strikes inside Jammu and Kashmir and in various metros in other states, the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes at several of these launch pads to pre-empt infiltration by terrorists," the DGMO had said in a statement after the strike.
(With PTI inputs)
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