Manohar Parrikar credits RSS for surgical strikes

AHMEDABAD | NEW DELHI: Defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday appeared to give credit to “RSS teaching” for the decision to launch cross-LoC surgical strikes even as he slammed those seeking proof for the Indian Army’s anti-terror operation in the PoK. “I wonder, with the combination of prime minister who comes from Mahatma Gandhi’s home state, and I, defence minister, coming from Goa which never had any martial race, and surgical strikes. May be the RSS teaching was at the core, but this was quite a different kind of combination,” Parrikar said in remarks that may trigger a row. Parrikar was speaking at a function in Ahmedabad. “When Indian Army says something we should believe it. It (Army) is world’s best, professional, brave and having a very high integrity. I do not feel that anybody will seek proof from them (Army) here in Ahmedabad.” Lashing out to Parrikar for his comments, Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said: “Earlier Parrikar credited Hanuman for the surgical strikes and now he is crediting RSS for it. Parrikar is unfit to be the defence minister of India and he is a national embarrassment,” Tewari said.