Lt. Gen Hooda, who headed the surgical strikes and has been associated with the Congress party in recent times, has claimed that cross border operations were carried out during the UPA regime.
As a part of the largest reform programme of the defence forces, the Modi government has been trying ways to "optimise" the size of the military forces
Lt General Hooda said that AFSPA is being misused by Human Rights groups to defame the Army and that he could say with confidence that our Army has an excellent human rights record.