PM on Pulwama Attack: We have given security forces full freedom to respond

Sending a clear warning to Pakistan and the perpetrators of the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in the Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said security forces have been given “full freedom” to choose a “time and place” for the “future course of action”.

He promised a “muhtod jawab” (befitting reply) for the attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF personnel.

Underlining that the nation’s “blood is boiling”, Modi said the “terror outfits and their masters” have made “a big mistake” and “will have to pay a very heavy price” for their actions.

The Prime Minister made these remarks at two separate events — at the flag-off ceremony of the Vande Bharat Express, India’s fastest train from Delhi to Varanasi, and at a public meeting later in Jhansi —

after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).

“We have given full freedom to the security forces… I want to tell the terror outfits and those aiding and abetting them that they have made a big mistake. They will have to pay a very heavy price for their actions. Let me assure the nation that those behind this attack, the perpetrators of this attack will be punished,” he said.