New Delhi: The Congress and the BJP have been engaged in a war of words over the surgical strikes ever since the Indian Air Force (IAF)  carried out air strikes at JeM terror camps inside Pakistan on February 26.  Noa, Senior Congress leader Rajiv Shukla on Thursday claimed ‘six surgical strikes’ has been conducted during the UPA regime.

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While addressing a press conference, Rajiv Shukla also listed the dates when these ‘surgical strikes’ were conducted. Shukla told media that six surgical strikes were conducted when the Congress-led UPA was in power and two were carried out when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister of India.

Shukha told, “Congress never tried to take credit of these strikes. The one who did only one surgical strike is patting his back. Neither Dr Manmohan Singh nor Vajpayee addressed a press conference to take credit for these strikes."

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Providing information about the surgical strikes, he said that  the first was conducted on June 19, 2008 in Bhattal Sector in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch. The second was carried out on August 30-September 1, 2011 in Sharda Sector across Neelam River Valley in Kel. the third surgical strike was conducted on January 6, 2013 at Sawan Patra Checkpost; fourth on July 27-28, 2013 at Nazapir Sector; fifth on August 6, 2013 at Neelam Valley; and sixth surgical strike was conducted on January 14, 2014.