Pulwama terror attack: Narendra Modi says armed forces have been given free hand to retaliate against perpetrators 

Narendra Modi. 

On the Jaish-e-Muhammed suicide attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the armed forces have been given a free hand to retaliate against the perpetrators of the attack.

While flagging off the new Vande Bharat Express train in Varanasi, on Friday, Modi said, “Security forces have been given complete freedom, the blood of the people is boiling ... Our neighbouring country, which has been isolated internationally, thinks such terror attacks can destabilize us, but their plans will not materialize.”

Following Thursday’s attack which has left 42 CRPF jawans dead, India has withdrawn the “most favoured nation” status given to Pakistan.

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