Armed forces need not show proof: Rahul Gandhi on Digvijay’s ‘saboot’ jibe

Jammu: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he and the party do not agree with Digvijaya Singh’s comments on surgical strikes and that the armed forces do not need to give any proof. Singh on Monday had questioned the surgical strikes and accused the government of peddling lies.
“I don’t agree with the statement of Digvijaya Singh. It is crystal clear that we disagree with it. It is the official position of the Congress,” Gandhi told reporters here.
“They (armed forces) need not provide any proof,” he said. Senior leader Digviyaya Singh had said that there was no proof of surgical strikes carried out by the army in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Rahul said the Congress is a democratic party and the party stand is above his views. His views are not held by the party, he added. “The armed forces do a job and they don’t need to give proof,’’ he said.
He also said that it is the culture of our party to allow a conversation. “There is no such thing in the BJP, like the case of demonetisation which the Prime Minister decided we are going to do and it happened,’’ he said.