Thiruvananthapuram, April 30 -- Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday asserted that PM Narendra Modi has consistently upheld the operational autonomy of the Indian armed forces after the Prime Minister gave operational freedom to the armed forces after Pahalgam attack.

Referring to the brutal killings in Pahalgam, Chandrasekhar, while speaking to ANI, emphasised that justice for the victims remains paramount, and the military has been granted full freedom to determine the timing and manner of any retaliatory action against Pakistan.

"Our Prime Minister has always been giving the operational autonomy to the armed forces. Unlike the 1962 war where Pandit Nehru told the Air Force not to be deployed. Our Prime Minister has ...