Surgical and air strikes made world notice India: Amit Shah

According to the Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, the surgical strikes and airstrikes have made the world notice India.

New Delhi: Reiterating that India will not hesitate to carry more surgical and air strike to protect national security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that the world is now noticing India.

"The surgical strikes and airstrike were tough decision to take. But we were determined and took the decision. Now, these strikes have made the world notice India," said Shah addressing a function in New Delhi.

"We will not allow anybody to play with India's security and at the same time we will retaliate if anybody tries to encroach even an inch of our territory," said Shah.

Shah also criticised the UPA regime and said that they would not be able to name even five big decisions.

"Modi government worked just for five years and has 50 big decisions to talk about," said Shah adding that it was Prime Minister Narendra Modi who during the cabinet meeting on August decided to modify the Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir.

He also said that the BJP Government does not take decisions to appease people rather the decisions are being taken keeping the interest of the county in mind.

He also mentioned that since August 5 not even a single bullet has been fired in J&K.

The Home Minister also raised a question over the efficiency of multi-party democracy.

"Seventy years after Independence, people of the nation have doubts in their mind if the multi-party parliamentary democratic system had failed," he said.

Shah also praised the present government and called it a 'Corruption-free government'.