Shiv Sena targets Modi after the terrorist attack in Pulwama, says it's time to hit Pakistan

Mumbai: In a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shiv Sena said on Monday that no "political" wave had ever solved the Kashmir problem or halted the killing of soldiers.

The Sena, an ally of the ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Center and in Maharashtra, said that it was time to "attack" Pakistan in order to avenge the killing of soldiers, adding that the Prime Minister's badurance of bringing the perpetrators of the Pulwama terrorist attack to the task should be reflected in his actions.

This was not the time to launch a "surgical strike" against political opponents, the party led by Uddhav Thackeray pointed out in an editorial titled "Saamana".
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At least 40 members of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were killed and five others wounded in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir on 14 February, when Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber struck a vehicle carrying more than 100 kg explosives on their bus in Pulwama district.
Modi warned Pakistan on Friday that attacks such as the one targeting the CRPF soldiers in Pulwama would not weaken India and that those responsible for such strikes should pay a "hefty price".

Sena said that while the government welcomed Pakistan's "isolation" internationally, the neighboring country continued to carry out terrorist attacks on Indian soil.

"The country has seen waves of anger and political triumphs, but it has neither solved the Kashmir problem nor stopped the mbadacre of soldiers," he said.

Referring to the Indian Army's surgical strikes in 2016 on seven Terrorist Launch Pads across the Line of Control (LoC)) in response to an attack on his Uri base, he said that this action was followed by a "heartbeat" describing how a lesson had been taught in Pakistan.

"But we must understand exactly what a surgical strike is like in the United States in Pakistan and killed (Al Qaeda leader) Osama bin Laden (for the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in America), called a surgical strike, "he said.

"This is not the time It is time to attack Pakistan and to take revenge for the badbadination of our jawans (…) The Prime Minister spoke of seeking revenge, it is now necessary that it translates into acts, "said Marathi newspaper. ] If the government showed Sri Lanka's courage by eliminating the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) and liberating the island nation from terrorism, India would get rid of 100 countries similar to those of Pakistan, said Sena .

"This is not the time to engage in politics, but to stand firmly behind our jawans," he added.