20TH ANNIVERSARY Says deployment of additional force and alert troops have brought down infiltration rate in J&K
DRASS (KARGIL) : As India commemorated 20 years of Kargil war, army chief General Bipin Rawat warned Pakistan to never attempt to repeat such misadventure in future.
ANI PHOTO■ Army chief General Bipin Rawat with veteran Naik Deep Chand, who was injured in the Kargil war, in Drass on Thursday.
Speaking on the sidelines of a function in Drass sector, General Rawat said adversary (Pakistan) will never attempt to do this act again.
“I am quite sure that adversary will never attempt this again. In fact, this was a big misadventure undertaken by Pakistani army in 1999. They didn’t appreciate the will and intent of Indian political establishment and armed forces that they would never allow them to succeed,” he added.
Referring to the advantageous position Pakistani infiltrators occupied during the Kargil war, Rawat said no matter what heights they capture, the Indian Army will always get back to them and reclaim those heights.
“It was evident during the Kargil war in 1999,” the army chief added.
Commenting on the question of Pakistan’s denial about its involvement in Pulwama terror attack, Rawat said, “We are aware of the truth. So we are not carried away by any statement. Our intelligence agencies have given ample proof about what had happened in Pulwama.”
The army chief said what has happening in other places on the Line of Control in other places.
On being asked about infiltration after Balakot airstrike, Rawat said, “Infiltration has come down because of two reasons: One is because our troops are sitting alert and the second is that we have also inducted additional forces to strengthen the counter-infiltration grid.”