The mountainous northeast which borders China, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, is home to dozens of insurgent groups fighting for autonomy or secession from India. “A simple action against insurgents has changed the mindset of the security scenario of the country”, said the Defense Minister.
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In response, Pakistan’s interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said India should not mistake Pakistan for Myanmar. He also declined to take questions from the media on the military action.
NEW DELHI, JUN 11: NSCN (I-M), which is in peace talks with the Centre, had expressed its desire to help security forces hunt down its arch rival NSCN (K) rebels, who killed 18 soldiers in Manipur, but the offer was turned down, PTI reports stated. Rathore’s comments were interpreted here as a warning to Pakistan. One does not know how overt acknowledgement of Indian incursions on its territory will be received in Myanmar.
A junior minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Cabinet said later in a televised interview that the commandos struck inside Myanmar.
The Burmese government denied the operation completely, with a Facebook post from the director of the president’s office reportedly saying that according to their information the operation was performed only on the Indian side of the border. “It’s high time India communicated its success to the world”, he said. Later, Modi government and leaders of the ruling party started to say that the operation was also a warning for Pakistan.
The government and armies of the two countries are in “close and continued” contact on the issue, they said. “During the quake relief operations, there was a publicity and propaganda overkill which caused United States embarrassment”, he said.
According to intercepts, top NSCN (K) Naga Army General Niki Sumi, who is also the military supervisor of Western Command (Nagaland State), could plan such strikes.
Singh, who will be touring these states for three days, will leave here in a day or two, they said. Desh ke dushmano ko karara jawab. “Doing these kinds of things repeatedly would become a problem unless they are on board”, he said.
“It was a much-need decision that was taken by the prime minister”.
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New Delhi: India on Thursday said the its surgical attack on militants in Myanmar has left Pakistan “rattled”, while intelligence inputs warned that retaliatory attacks were possible in the northeast.
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