Cong: While "boasting" on air strikes, Modi "disrespected war strategy"

The Congress on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that cloud cover could help IAF planes evade Pakistani radars during the Balakot strikes saying that while boasting he disrespected war strategy and committed an unforgivable crimeIn an interview to a private news channel aired on Saturday Modi said he relied on his raw wisdom to dispel doubts of defence experts who wanted the air strikes to be deferred due to inclement weatherTaking a swipe at Modi Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted In 70 years no PM has made fun of military might but Modi ji kept his raw wisdom above militarys professionalismHe is so busy garnering votes in the name of military that he ended up insulting the forces While boasting Modi ji disrespected war strategy and committed an unforgivable crime he saidThe CPIM has also moved the Election Commission alleging that Modi had revealed operational details of a sensitive military mission in the interview with the purpose to influence votersRejecting the charge senior BJP leader and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar had said PM Modi did not reveal anything about the Balakot strike he was not supposed to revealPrime Minister is proudly saying that I overruled experts A number of other veterans have condemned this If you want to prove yourself to be Mr 56 do it if you want to prove yourself to be the most intelligent do it but for that you are making public confidential things related to the countrys security Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said at a press conferenceHe hit out at the prime minister for giving out details of the operation saying the armed forces had kept it a secret but Modi himself was making them publicThen he brought in clouds we have not seen such jokes about the PM of a country that are now coming about Modi ji What kind of an image you have created for those abroad Khera saidHe said the country was entrusted in the hands of a person who does not know the difference between weather radar and avionics radarEven if he did not know he should hide his lack of knowledge rather than display it Khera saidIn another dig at Modi senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal tweeted Balakot secret revealed by Modi I thought there are clouds we can escape radar Ok go ahead chal pade Gave clarity to experts confused about launching in bad weather What a leader what a mind We now know that No radar can penetrate Modis clouded mind Sibal saidIn the interview Modi had said The weather was not good on the day of air strike There was a thought that crept in the minds of the experts that the day of strike should be changed However I suggested that the clouds could actually help our planes escape the radarsThe crossborder strike on terror camps was carried out in response to the Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnelModi also slammed Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for not casting his vote saying he has set a negative example for the firsttime voters Digvijaya is contesting the Lok Sabha polls against BJPs Pragya Singh Thakur from BhopalThe first time voter is closely watching all the leaders on their mobile phones You are teaching them not to vote although the firsttime voter wants to cast his vote in the name of the development of the nation You are teaching them that its not necessary to vote said ModiTop Stories of the DayMumbai Coastal Road trees toll goes up to near 1000Mumbai polices swift action lands molesters in jail within a dayRetd cop misfires at dads funeral kills 63yearold in JalgaonMumbai Not just water BMCs revenue also dries upMumbai 16yearold girl dies in minor fire in DadarMumbai SoBos new attracktion at Priyadarshini Park gets athletes on their toesMumbai crime Cop arrested for sexually assaulting 23yearoldMumbai Crime ATM flasher held after woman films act shows copsHas Goa turned into a hell for touristsMumbai polices swift action lands molesters in jail within a dayCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get the latest updatesEdited by midday online desk with inputs from Agencies