Rajeev Kumar further emphasised that India had not “escalated” tensions with Pakistan in the wake of the Indian Air Force strike on Balakot and called the operation a “non-military” strike to avert possible terrorist attacks in the country.
“I don’t understand what’s keeping the government away from disclosing these facts. When the government talks so much about it (air strikes), it should disclose everything,’’ Kamal Nath said.
The Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa has already confirmed that his Air force had struck the intended targets. But some Indian politicians are desperate to discredit our armed forces and peddle Pakistan's version.
Interestingly, even after three years of the inauguration, the factory at Amethi did not even have carbine design which it can produce. The CAG in its audit report of 2010-11 had observed that the sanction of an ordnance factory at Amethi was an ill-conceived idea for several reasons.