Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has blatantly politicized the bravery and martyrdom of India's soldiers with an eye on 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

"Having failed on every front, Narendra Modi is indulging in shameless credit-seeking for the valor of Armed Forces as a last resort for the 2019 elections. He has blatantly politicized the bravery and martyrdom of India's soldiers as a political pamphlet," said Surjewala.

"The nation today witnessed a monologue by a narcissistic Prime Minister sans any sense of accountability. Prime Minister is obsessed with one word – 'Modi'. He forgets that India is a thriving democracy of 132 crore people with a multitude of opinions and not an oligarchy of BJP-RSS loaded by Narendra Modi,"

"Compromising national security and gross intelligence failure are the characteristic styles of a non-functioning Modi Government. When will Modi take decisive action against Pak-sponsored terror?" Surjewala asked.