Picture : Twitter/ INCIndia
The commanding officer during the 2016 surgical strikes Lt General D S Hooda (retired), has denied media reports of having joined the Congress.
I have not joined the Congress party, Hooda said when asked whether he had joined Congress, which has asked him to prepare a report on national security.
Hooda was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command during the terror attack on Uri army camp and the subsequent surgical strike in September 2016.
The Congress has roped in Hooda to prepare a “vision document” for the country’s security, more than two months after the former army commander said the surgical strike was “overhyped and politicised”.
“The Congress president (Rahul Gandhi) is setting up a Task Force on National Security to prepare a vision paper for the country,”‘ the Congress said in a statement here.
It added that Hooda will lead the Task Force and prepare the paper in consultation with a select group of experts. Hooda met Congress president Rahul Gandhi and the party posted the picture on its twitter handle
Congress President @RahulGandhi met with Lt Gen DS Hooda (retd) to institute a task force on National Security which will prepare a vision paper for the country. Gen Hooda will lead the task force & work with a select group of experts. pic.twitter.com/06zfIjfbeJ
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 21, 2019
