Says the issue should be left to the Army. ANI

New Delhi, October 5Amid demands for releasing proof of the surgical strikes by the Army across the LoC, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said everyone should have faith in the government and allow the force to take its own call.“Have faith in the government and leave it to the Army,” he told reporters here when asked about the demand for release of proof of the surgical strikes by the Army.A political slugfest broke out on Tuesday over the surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC with Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam calling it “fake”, provoking stinging criticism from the BJP even as his own party said it “totally dissociates” itself from his remarks.

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The Congress leader demanded “some evidence” to prove that the surgical strikes did take place and accused the BJP of indulging in politics over the issue.With patriotic sentiments running high amid soaring tensions with Pakistan, Union Minister Uma Bharti said leaders who cast “doubt over the Army’s surgical strike should take Pakistani citizenship”. PTI