Pulwama attack an act of frustration: Rajnath

Bhadrak (Odisha), Feb 17

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday castigated Pakistan, accusing it of engineering the Pulwama terror attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.

He claimed that the neighbouring country backed the attack after finding out that the terrorists have become frustrated in the wake of the successful operations by the Indian forces in the past five years.

“Pakistan, which has been patronising terrorism, realised that frustration and desperation had grown among the militants due to successful operations against them by our security forces in the past five years,” Singh said at a public meeting on the outskirts of this north Odisha town.

Asserting that the security forces have been given a free hand to give a “befitting reply” to the attack, the minister said the sacrifice made by the CRPF jawans would not go in vain.

Declaring that all political parties have pledged support to the government and the defence forces, Singh said the entire nation stands behind the Army, who would certainly “teach the enemy a lesson”. — PTI