PM Modi's steely resolve helped accomplish 2016 surgical strikes: Lt Gen Nimbhorkar

Retired Lieutenant General Rajendra Ramrao Nimbhorkar, who played a key role in the 2016 surgical strikes, said the strikes "showed Pakistan we can hit them hard". "It was the steely resolve of PM Modi and [then Defence Minister Manohar] Parrikar that helped accomplish this unprecedented mission," he added. The strikes were carried out in response to Uri terror attack.