Insulting question on TV prompted surgical strikes: Parrikar
Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said an "insulting" question to Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore in 2015 made him plan the 2016 surgical strikes in PoK. "Rajyavardhan was explaining about search operations. An anchor asked him 'would you have the courage and capability of doing the same on the western front'...I decided to answer when the time came," Parrikar said.