Mumbai: Speaking at an award function organised by the Priyadarshni Academy in Mumbai, railway minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said that India has arrived on the world stage after conducting surgical strikes on Pakistan.

He said, “We are proud of the surgical strikes and we feel safe now in the hands of the leader who conducted them. The 29th of this month is the anniversary of the strikes. We will celebrate it. The strikes showed that India has arrived on the global stage and that India is strong. I hope the film will inspire youngsters”.

Goyal said the country was now in good hands. “We are proud of the surgical strikes and we feel safe now in the hands of the leader who conducted them,” The Indian Express quoted him as saying.

On September 29, 2016, Indian Army’s then Director General of Military Operations Ranbir Singh said the armed forces had carried out “surgical strikes on terror launchpads” across the Line of Control the previous night. Singh had said the action was taken after receiving information about infiltrators planning to cross the Line of Control.