#SaluteToTheArmy: Twitter salutes Indian army for its bravery

Social media was abuzz moments after the Indian Army conducted surgical strikes on seven terror launch pads across the Line of Control on Wednesday night. The strikes were carried out 10 days after gunmen attacked an army camp in Kashmir's Uri sector, killing 18 Indian soldiers.

From politicians to patriots, people from all walks of life hailed the bravery of the Indian army on various social media platforms.

Some of the trending hashtags on Twitter since Thursday were #SaluteToTheArmy, #indiastrikesback, Pakistan, #surgicalstrike and indian army, to name a few.

Here we bring some of the tweets:

This is how Home Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the army men:

Even the opposition Congress welcomed the strikes. This is what Vice President of Congress Rahul Gandhi said on Twitter:

It is not just the politicians who supported the strikes. This is what popular author Chetan Bhagat had to say:

This is how common Indians are reacting:

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