India destroys terror camps across LoC in air strike: Who said what

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force on Tuesday carried out aerial strikes at major terror camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, completely destroying them, 12 days after the ghastly terror attack in Pulwama.


"12 Mirage 2000 jets took part in the operation that dropped 1000 kg bombs on terror camps across LoC (Line of Control), completely destroying them," IAF sources said.

The air strike was carried around 3:30 am, sources said.

Reactions have started coming on the news of strikes by IAF's Mirage 2000s on terror camps across LoC.

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, in a one-line tweet, saluted IAF pilots.





A similar tweet was posted by Congress' Randeep Surjewala.




BJP chief Amit Shah said, the strikes demonstrated the resolve of a 'new India.'



BJP's Subramanian Swami in his tweet said PoK is legally Indian territory anyway .



Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal also saluted the IAF pilots in a tweet, hailing their bravery. He later said, the entire country was with the government and the Prime Minister at this time.


Tejashwi Yadav of RJD also tweeted on similar lines.



MoS External Affairs VK Singh every attack will be responded to with a stronger, harder reaction.



Former J&K CM Omar Abdullah called the

Balakot strike

a whole new paradigm. In a separate tweet, he also took a dig at the Pakistani military.



Another former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti struck a different chord in her tweets.



Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar Tuesday hailed the air strikes, saying the entire nation stands firmly behind the armed forces, PTI reported.

"It was a necessary step required for the security of the country ... it was an act of maha parakram (mightily act)," he said.


West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee also hailed IAF's pilots.



BJP's Ram Madhav in his tweet said every Indian who was pained at the martyrdom of our forces would be delighted at the news of air strike.



Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan hailed the valour of the 12 IAF pilots.



The Maharashtra Assembly on Tuesday passed a unanimous resolution congratulating the Indian armed forces for the strikes, PTI reported.

"We feel proud of our armed forces which did not allow martyrdom of our jawans to go in vain. We proved our might," chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said.


Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh tweeted a congratualtion to the IAF.



Asaduddin Owaisi of MIM hailed the strikes, and said India should now go after terrorists like Masood Azhar and Hafiz Saeed.



Former Army chief Gen Bikram Singh the writing was on the wall ever since PM Modi promised action.



Bollywod too took to Twitter to congratulate IAF.