3 counter strikes outside border in 5 years: Rajnath

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated convention of Shakti Kendra Pramukhs of three Lok Sabha constituencies (Dakshina Kannada, Udupi-Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga) covering four districts, at Nehru Maidan in Mangaluru on Saturday.

He said India carried out three counter strike outside its border in the last five years. All of us know two counter strikes and third strike the government cannot reveal it. Issuing a stern warning to Pakistan, Singh said "India will not provoke anyone. But if Pakistan continues to promote and shelter terrorists, then it will have to pay a huge price for it.

He termed recent airstrike as a targeted mission based on specific intelligence input. Further, he said the union government has already issued an advisory to all state and union territories to safeguard Kashmiri students studying all over India. He appealed to Bjp workers to stand by Kashmiri students in your city and state.

Singh said Karnataka has a kichdi government where the welfare of people not possible. JD(S) busy protecting its own chair, he alleged.

He said by 2028 India will be one of the three powerful countries of the world.