evidence: 'Armed forces need not show proof': Rahul Gandhi on surgical strikes comment row Surgical strikes: We trust our armed forces and they do their work exceptionally well, Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday after Digvijaya Singh said the Narendra Modi government was 'peddling lies'. [...] "Surgical strikes were carried out before 2014 by (Congress-led) UPA government. Congress has supported and will continue to support all military actions in national interest."