In a major revelation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that strikes conducted by Indian Air Force (IAF) in Pakistan's Balakot would have taken place even if Pulwama terror attack had not happened as the Centre had intelligence reports of big terror camps where hundreds of terrorists were being trained.
"Pulwama attackers and masterminds were liquidated by our forces and the Army. Balakot air strike would have taken place even without Pulwama as there were intelligence reports of big terror camps with hundreds of terrorists being trained. The strike would have been carried out to kill them. We could not have been idle and waited for the terrorists to come here and then kill them," Jaitley said in an interview to Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary.