At House panel hearing, Jaishankar lays down line: Informed Pak after terror bases struck

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday told a parliamentary panel that India informed Pakistan after the Indian Armed Forces struck nine terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir on May 7, it is learnt. The remarks by Jaishankar gain significance as Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has been targeting the minister for “informing Pakistan at the start of India’s attack” and has called it a “crime”. Advertisement Speaking to reporters on May 15, Jaishankar had said, “At the start of the operation, we had sent a message to Pakistan saying we are striking at terrorists’...