Hyderabad, May 16 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader N Ramchander Rao on Friday slammed the Congress for allegedly questioning the "capabilities and action" of the armed forces, saying that it was "unfortunate" and that the opposition party must learn to respect it.

Taking a dig at Congress, he said that the opposition party has started its "old game" to suspect the army's capabilities, like it did with the surgical strikes carried out earlier. The BJP leader said that it was unfortunate that Congress was "bent upon" blaming the central government and the army.

"Congress party has started its old game and is suspecting the army's capability and its action on terrorist camps in Pakistan and PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir)," Rao told ...