India's announcement of the claimed raid on 29 September marked the first time that the government had publicly acknowledged its forces crossing the LoC. Government has marked second anniversary of surgical strikes as Parakram Parv. Had released video of strike on Thursday. Has now released video commemorating mission on BJP's Twitter account

Today marks the second anniversary of the surgical strike by India on terror launchpads across Line of Control (LoC). The government has celebrated the anniversary with fervour, with the Indian Air Force and the Army observing a three-day Parakram Parv.

On September 29, 2016, the Indian Army carried out surgical strikes on seven terrorist launchpads across the LoC)in retaliation to an attack on its base in Uri earlier that month. A team of commandos from the Army's Para Special Forces destroyed at least four launchpads used by terrorists.

India's announcement of the claimed raid on 29 September marked the first time that the government had publicly acknowledged its forces crossing the LoC.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has now released stills, believed to be from the original mission.


The new stills show reconnaissance carried out by the Indian Army.

The stills come from a video released by the party on its official Twitter account that also features footage of the strike.


"We salute the unmatched valour of our brave soldiers who conducted surgical strikes", reads the caption of the video.

The footage of the strikes comes from a video released by the Narendra Modi government on Thursday.

Videos of the surgical strikes were made public in June this year.

Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh indicated that Indian forces may have hit Pakistani targets across the border to avenge the brutal killing of a BSF Jawan by the Pakistanis.

"Something has happened, I won't disclose it now. Whatever has happened, has happened for the good. Trust me, something big has happened two-three days ago. And you will also see what happens in future," Rajnath said referring to the killing of a Border Security Force jawan along the Line of Control.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated 'Parakram Parv' exhibition at the military station in Jodhpur to mark the second anniversary of the surgical strikes.

Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman had said the government was celebrating the Parakram Parv through which people could see the valour of the armed forces and remember them.

"It is all out in the open now (that) all terrorist launch pads were cleared off and those who were wanting to spread terror were adequately punished," Sitharaman said at an event organised at the India Gate in Delhi to mark the second anniversary of the surgical strikes.