new delhi taking umbrage at prime minister narendra modis remark that the congress is lying about surgical strikes under the upa government the party on friday said the statement is an abuse to the bravery of soldiers and it has never used the strikes as election fodderthe congress said modis shameless utterances that surgical strikes were only on paper and congress leaders thought of them like video games were a direct abuse to the indomitable courage and bravery of the soldierstragically modiji has even faulted the statement of the then army chief general bikram singh on the surgical strike dated december 23 2013 this reflects political bankruptcy of a prime minister when faced with an imminent defeat in the 2019 elections the party claimed in a statementat the rally in rajasthans sikar modi said a congress leader had claimed four months back that three surgical strikes were conducted during the congress term and now another leader is saying six surgical strikes were carried out by the partythe number increased from three to six in four months by the time elections are over this number would increase to 600 what does it matter when the strike is on paper the congress only speaks lies the prime minister said i think such leaders play video games and perhaps enjoy surgical strikes thinking of it as some game he saidin new delhi senior congress leader ahmed patel told reportersmy blood is blood your blood is water the strike that has been done by this government is genuine but the strike that was done during the previous government by soldiers and our air force was it a surgical strike on paper onlyhe said that this is an insult of the soldiers who conducted air strikes under previous governmentsin congress we have always said that such operations have been conducted by the armed forces we have never tried to take credit we have never used such strikes as election fodder the way our soldiers martyrdom is being used currently nothing can be more shameful than that he addedthe party said in the statement that after the surgical strike of september 2829 2016 and the air strike of february 2526 2019 congress chief rahul gandhi had hailed the armed forces for demolishing the terror infrastructurethe congress has always stood resolutely with our brave armed forces the great wars of 1947 1962 1965 1971 and 1999 are testimony of the heroism of our armed forces the party added