Maharashtra Minister Pankaja Munde on Monday, 22 April, made controversial remarks against Congress President Rahul Gandhi, saying those questioning the surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army would have been convinced of the operation had “we attached a bomb to Rahul (Gandhi)” and "sent him to another country”.
Munde’s remarks come even as the Election Commission of India has cautioned political parties against using the Indian Army for electoral gains in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
“We did surgical strike after cowardly attack on our soldiers. Some people ask what was surgical strike and what is the evidence? I say, we should have attached a bomb to Rahul Gandhi and sent him to another country. Then they would have understood,”Munde, who is currently the Minister of Rural Development, Women and Child Welfare in Government of Maharashtra, reported ANI.