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Modi used surgical strikes to avoid defeat in UP polls: Rahul

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Udaipur: Congress President Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Mod
Udaipur: Congress President Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he exploited the surgical strikes of 2016 to prevent defeat in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls last year and claimed that the UPA government did three similar strikes but kept them a secret.
He also accused Modi of claiming to be the repository of all wisdom and interfered in the “domain” of others whether it was demonetisation, foreign or agriculture ministry or the surgical strikes.
Responding to a question during an interaction with the business community and professions, Gandhi said Modi was fighting a losing political battle in Uttar pradesh in 2016 and turned the surgical strikes into a political asset.
“He was fighting an election in UP. He was fighting a losing election. He turned a military asset (surgical strikes) into a political asset. He reached into army’s domain told them I don’t care what you think. I am going to make it public.
“Narendra Modi actually reached into army domain and shaped their surgical strikes.

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