{"id":3966,"date":"2019-02-26T12:31:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:31:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:31:10","slug":"pm-modi-says-country-in-safe-hands-hours-after-india-strikes-jaish-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/pm-modi-says-country-in-safe-hands-hours-after-india-strikes-jaish-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi Says “Country In Safe Hands” Hours After India Strikes Jaish Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hours after the government confirmed India’s air strikes on terror targets across the Line of Control, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a rally in Rajasthan’s Churu, “I assure you, the country is in safe hands. There is nothing above the nation.”<\/p>\n

PM Modi also said, “My soul says, today is the day to reiterate what I had expressed in 2014. I pledge on this soil, I will not let the country die, I will not let the country stop, I will not let the country bend. It is my promise to Mother India, I will not let your head be bowed. I salute our armed forces, I salute all fellow Indians, your\u00a0Pradhan Sevak<\/em>\u00a0bows to you.”<\/p>\n

Before daybreak on Tuesday, India carried out “non-military, pre-emptive air strikes” across the Line of Control to target the largest terror camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed, which, the government said, was planning more attacks in the country after the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama in which 40 soldiers were killed.<\/p>\n

IC-814 hijacker Yousuf Azhar, the brother-in-law of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, was among some 300 terrorists killed, say sources, in the swift and precise Indian Air Force strike at around 3.30 am.<\/p>\n

Twelve\u00a0Mirage 2000 fighter jets dropped 1,000-kg bombs\u00a0on a vast camp at Balakot, which was the hub of training for suicide attackers. The camp, nestled in thick forests, was around 80 km from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.<\/p>\n

The government said it was\u00a0a covert operation that was meant to target terrorists\u00a0and avoid any civilian casualties. The action has received strong support from political parties and former generals.<\/div>\n

“Today, I sense fervour in the crowd,” said the Prime Minister, addressing a gathering that included many ex-servicemen, hours after he was briefed about the strikes at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security. “Today, the world is watching India’s power… You are seeing it definitely,” he said. “Repeat with me,\u00a0Bharat Mata ki Jai<\/em>,” he shouted, the crowd cheering heartily in return.<\/p>\n

“The reason I am able to work like this is because of your support, your trust… and let me tell you this… that we are a government that thinks a party is bigger than an individual, and the nation is bigger than any party,” said PM Modi, wearing a traditional\u00a0safa<\/em>\u00a0or headgear.<\/p>\n

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