New Delhi [India], June 28 (NT): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday lashed out at the Congress condemnation over the video of the September 2016 surgical strikes. He termed the grand old Opposition party as a fringe and not a mainstream party.

The BJP's remark came a day after the footage of Indian Army's surgical strike from September 2016 was aired on June 28, following which the Congress spokesperson Surajewala claimed that BJP is using the sacrifice of soldiers to score political points in the form of votes.

"Congress is no more a mainstream party, but a fringe party. The Congress party is repeatedly giving indication of it not being a main stream political party, but a fringe party/ fringe player in the country," Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was quoted while addressing a press conference at the BJP headquarters here by ANI.

"Congress is breaking the morale of the country," Prasad  lashed out at Congress.

In addition attacking at the Congress, Prasad asserted that the Rahul Gandhi led UPA is working towards strengthening terrorists.

"The people who will be most happy with the statement of Congress leaders are the terrorists in Pakistan. Congress will get a certificate from some terrorist organisations of Pakistan just like Ghulam Nabi Azad got the certificate from Lashkar-e-Taiba," Prasad further quoted by ANI.

"The only motive of Congress is to demoralize the Army. We should rise above politics," he stated.

Worth mention here Earlier on Wednesday, the video clippings of the September 2016 surgical strikes was aired in the public domain.

The strikes were held by the Indian army in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the Uri terror attack. In it 18 Army personnel were taken life. (NT)