Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu called the surgical strikes a 'befitting reply' to Pakistan.
A "swachh LoC" has been achieved after Indian security forces gave a befitting reply to our neighbour which is funding and abetting terror, Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said today.
"The other day you have seen what is Modi. Our neighbour is funding, aiding, abetting, training terrorists. They have been given a befitting reply by our forces.... swachh man, swachh dhan, swachh tan and now swachh border, swachh LoC has been done. Now all have to come together to take forward Swachh Bharat," the Information and Broadcasting minister said.
The senior minister was referring to the Army's surgical strikes across LoC in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) where it destroyed terror launch pads.
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, Mr Naidu also asked people to respond to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for a clean India and become 'swachhagrahis'. He said Mahatama Gandhi had during the freedom movement given a call for satyagraha and those who participated became 'satyagrahis'.
"Now the time has come, all of us taking the call of the Prime Minister should become 'Swacchagrahi'. On the pious day of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday today, let us all become 'Swacchagrahi', Mr Naidu, who also holds the Urban Development portfolio said.
Praising the Prime Minister, Mr Naidu said PM Modi stands for "Mood of Developing India".
He said in the 21st century India had to be free from illiteracy and "Litterati" - a reference to those who throw litter in the open.