New Delhi: Days after IAF Chief made a controversial statement where he said Air Force does not keep count of casualties, Union Minister VK Singh on Wednesday used a mosquito metaphor to address the number of casualties killed at night while others slept in comfort.
Answering a question on casualties reported in the Balakot air strikes he asked was he expected to sit and count how many he killed at night, Catchnews reports.
This is not a game of marbles where an exact score can be kept but indeed “there were a lot of mosquitoes at 3:30 am at night. So, I used Hit (mosquito repellent) on them, he replied.
Now, should I sit and count how many mosquitoes I killed or sleep in comfort,” Singh tweeted on Wednesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, Haryana minister Anil Vij had tweeted a similar comment. “The next time there is a strike on Pakistan-based terrorists, then one of mahagathbandhan leaders should be made to stand there so that they can count the bodies,” he said.
With Airstrikes being reported, the opposition has been demanding the government to reveal the official death count in the strike which was conducted days after the February 14 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel died.