MUMBAI, India
By Mubasshir Mushtaq
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday Pakistan had been taught a “befitting lesson” with recent strong retaliatory strikes.
He was addressing an election rally in Dhamangaon in the eastern region of western state of Maharashtra, 700kms east of Mumbai city.
“Pakistan has been taught a befitting lesson. They will not dare to repeat it again. Our soldiers have shut their mouths,” Modi said.
Modi criticized the Congress party, the principal opposition party in India, which accused his government of going “soft” over Pakistan.
“Congress is busy giving statements over what is happening on the Pakistan border. This not the time for empty talk by them, but for bullet by our soldiers,” the prime minister said.
He said the people affected by the cross-border shelling would be compensated by the federal government.
India’s Border Security Force said that there was no cross-border firing between October 9 and 10.
The recent cross border shelling and firing between the two countries killed at least 20 people on both sides, according to Indian and Pakistani officials.
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