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IAF wanted to avenge 26/11, but UPA 'blocked' surgical strike -

SHOCKING DETAILS of how India 'spared' Saeed
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Updated Nov 27, 2017 | 21:01 IST | Times Now Bureau

Nine years a er the 26/11 terror strike, Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Fali Homi Major dropped a bombshell when he revealed that the
Indian Air Force had a plan as well as the capability to hit the terror-training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in 2008.

New Delhi: In a shocking disclosure, Air Chief

Marshal (Retd) Fali Homi Major has revealed that the
Indian Air Force was ready to take revenge for the
devastating 2008 Mumbai terror attacks but the then
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government
'blocked' any further action on the surgical strike
option that was meant to teach terror-
sponsor Pakistan a lesson.

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The former IAF chief, in conversation with Times Now's National A airs Editor Srinjoy Chowdhury, revealed the IAF's
surgical strike plan in 2008.
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Talking to Times Now, the former IAF chief said that two days a er the strike, the heads of the three services of Indian and Ripci's sangee

Armed Forces were called at the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence along with the then defence minister AK IPL Points Table 20
Antony and the defence secretary.  rankings

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Before the meeting, the three chiefs had discussed amongst themselves what could be done and considered the possible
options the government could ask them to take, said Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Fali Homi Major. 

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During the meeting, the IAF chief apprised the then PM that from logistics to weapons and planes, everything was ready to
strike terror-training camps in PoK. But he never received a go-ahead from the government.

In the wake of an attack like 26/11, the window of opportunity to strike is 24 hours, said Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Fali Homi
क ीरी पंिडतों क
Major, adding that even a small tactical action by the Air Force has a strategic e ect. बंगाल की िहं सा: प
"Surgical strike was an opportunity lost and we didn't make use of it." सा ी
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In a nutshell, here are the claims made by the former IAF chief:

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The revelation tears apart the Congress' claims that the UPA has also conducted surgical strike during its tenure but never
publicised it to gain the electoral advantage, 'unlike PM Narendra Modi'. 

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The sensational revelation raises the following questions:

Why did the UPA let go of an opportunity to teach Pakistan a lesson in the a ermath of 26/11 attack?
Why did the UPA not take up IAF’s proposal of surgical strike despite the IAF Chief's assurances of being prepared?
Was the Congress misleading India when it claimed to have carried out successful surgical strikes during its tenure?

The disclosure has sent political shockwaves. The Bharatiya Janata Party has slammed the then UPA government, saying
the Congress lacked the courage to take on Pakistan.

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Nationalist Congress Party leader Majid Memon has described the revelation as truly shocking.

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