Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said he has postponed his indefinite hunger strike, scheduled from March 1 in "view of the prevailing Indo-Pak situation".
His remarks came after India struck Jaish-e-Mohammed's(JeM) biggest camp in Pakistan early Tuesday in a major "preemptive" action killing a large number of terrorists and trainers of the Pak-based terror group preparing to carry out suicide attacks in this country.
"In view of prevailing Indo Pak situation, I am postponing my upwas for full statehood of Delhi. We all stand as one nation today," he posted on Twitter.
In view of prevailing Indo Pak situation, I am postponing my upwas for full statehood of Delhi. We all stand as one nation today.
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 26, 2019
Earlier, Kejriwal saluted the pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) after it carried out the strikes in Pakistan.
"I salute the bravery of Indian Air Force pilots who have made us proud by striking terror targets in Pakistan," Kejriwal said in a tweet.
The ruling and opposition lawmakers in the Delhi Assembly lauded the Indian Air Force giving a standing ovation to it over the strike on the terror camps of Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba across the LoC early this morning.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiromani Akali Dal MLAs were marshalled out of the House demanding credit be given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi too.
Leader of Opposition Vijender Gupta raised the issue on which he was joined by colleagues Om Prakash Sharma, Jagdish Pradhan and Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
I salute the bravery of Indian Air Force pilots who have made us proud by striking terror targets in Pakistan
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 26, 2019
Together they trooped into the well of the House raising ‘Narendra Modi zindabad’ slogans despite requests by Speaker Ram Niwas Goel. After they ignored his objection, Goel ordered they be marshalled out of the House