Lucknow, July 26 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday paid tribute to the heroes of the Kargil war at a program organised on the occasion of 26th Kargil Vijay Diwas.

Addressing the program, Chief Minister Adityanath said that the Kargil war was "imposed" by Pakistan, to which India gave a "befitting reply" to the enemy under Operation Vijay.

"The Kargil war was imposed by Pakistan. A befitting reply was given to the enemy under Operation Vijay. Kargil was a challenging place where the temperature remains minus 50 degrees even during the day. But the cowards of Pakistan could not stand before the might of the Indian Army. The then Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf went to America, and America tried to put pressu...