New Delhi: Lt Gen (retd) DS Hooda, who was the commanding officer during the 2016 surgical strike, has denied reports of joining Congress.
“I have not joined the Congress party”, Hooda told ANI when asked whether he had joined Congress party. 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 on Thursday roped in Hooda to prepare a “vision document” for the country’s security.