Surgical strike was overhyped: Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda

Two years after the surgical strike carried out by the Army across the Line of Control, Lt Gen (retd) D S Hooda on December 07 said it was natural to have an initial euphoria over the success but the constant hype around the operation was unwarranted. Gen Hooda was the Northern Army commander when the surgical strike were carried out on September 29, 2016 across the LoC as a response to a terrorist attack in Uri earlier that month. Gen Hooda was speaking during a panel discussion on the topic, ‘Role of Cross-Border Operations and Surgical Strikes,’ on the first day of Military Literature Festival 2018 here.