October 17, 2016 8:32 AM

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DGMO, Foreign Secy to brief Parliament panel on surgical strike

Top officials including Foreign Secretary and Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) are scheduled to brief a panel of MPs<br/>on the surgical strikes conducted by the army across the LoC on<br/>September 28. <br/><br/>A notice issued by Lok Sabha secretariat said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is scheduled to meet tomorrow when it will be briefed on Indo-Pak relations with specific reference to recent surgical strikes. <br/><br/>The meeting assumes significance as the governemt had earlier expressed reservations over briefing on the same topic to the Parliamentary Committee on Defence. <br/><br/>However, after initial reluctance, the parliamentary panel on Defence headed by BJP MP BC Khanduri was briefed by Vice-Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat on the surgical strikes.

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