Reacting to a recent remark made by the Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, Assam CM
Hemanta Biswa Sharma on Monday, 14 February shared a video with screenshots of maps and
satellite images on his Twitter handle said “New India will not tolerate the insults against our
Army.”
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, lashed out at Telangana Chief Minister K
Chandrasekhar Rao for asking the central government for proof of the surgical strikes carried
out by the Indian Army in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in 2019.
Earlier on Sunday Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sought proof from the Central
government over surgical strikes carried out in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in September
2016. Rao had said, “Even today, I am asking for the proof. Let the government of India show
(the proof). The BJP makes false propaganda, that is why people are asking for it.”
Reacting to the tweet CM Hemanta Biswa Sarma wrote
“Dear KCR Garu, here is the video graphics evidence of the surgical strike by our brave Army. In
spite of this, you question the valor of our Armed forces and insult them. Why are you so
desperate to attack and malign our Army? New India will not tolerate insults against our Army,”
14 February marks the third anniversary of the deadly Pulwama attack, in which 40 CRPF
personnel were killed in the south Kashmir district. Following the attack in 2019, the Indian Air
Force had carried out a retaliatory airstrike in Pakistan’s Balakot on 26 February 2019.
Sarma slammed Rao, saying that he “insulted our martyrs by questioning the surgical strike.”
The two leaders have been engaged in a war of words over the issue of surgical strikes.
“In an attempt to prove their loyalty to the Gandhi family, they have betrayed the army. My
loyalty is with the army. Abuse me all your life, I don’t care,” his tweet further read.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur had also hit out at Rao for questioning the surgical strikes.
He had said, “If this is the condition after loss in one election, it clearly shows that ground
beneath KCR (Rao) and TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi) is sinking in Telangana.”
