Indians Celebrate Air Strikes, As Support for Modi Surges Ahead of Indian Elections
February 27
Indians on Tuesday took to the streets across the country to celeberate the air strikes on Pakistan across after the government said it carried out air strikes inside Pakistan, killing hundreds of militants in a training camp.
The reaction may be a sign that support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi is surging months before a general election, pollsters said. Patriotism may be having a greater influence than concerns about low farm incomes and weak jobs growth.
India said air force jets hit a training camp of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), the militant group that claimed credit for a Feb 14 suicide bombing attack that killed Indian paramilitary police in Kashmir, a mountainous region also claimed by neighbouring Pakistan.
"A very large number of Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists"...