"India’s happiness on return of Wing Commander Abhinandan is unprecedented," says Arun Jaitley after IAF pilot sets foot on Indian soil

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley reacted to IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's return to India.

Expressing on Twitter on behalf of India the joy of the nation which knew no bounds over the pilot's safe return to India, he said, 

"India’s happiness on return of Wing Commander Abhinandan is unprecedented. I salute the courage and resilience of Wg Commander Abhinandan."

IAF pilot who was captured in Pakistan was brought back to India the Wagah-Attari border on Friday evening.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also welcomed Wing Commander Abhinandan back to India and told him in no uncertain terms that the nation is proud of the courage he displayed during his two-day captivity in Pakistan, and also most-definitely, each day of his life before that.

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Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharam echoed what the entire nation felt the moment IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman entered Indian soil on Friday. The Raksha Mantri tweeted, "Jai Hind", a cry that every Indian voiced when the IAF pilot came in India.

Wing Commander Abhinandan crossed back into India at the Wagah-Attari border shortly after 9 pm on Friday. He had fallen into Pakistan's clutches after his MIG-21 Bison shot and brought down a Pak F-16 as the Indian Air Force sent a 24-strong Pakistan Air Force jet-fighter formation packing, foiling the belligerent nation's attempt to attack India in retribution for the precision strike India had conducted on Pakistan's terror factories along the LoC on Tuesday morning.  

While announcing the decision to release Wing Commander, Pak PM Imran Khan had attempted to paint a 'good gesture' narrative despite the truth being that he had been left with no option because of the relentless and inexorable pressure screw India had applied on Pakistan across multiple dimensions, demanding the release of its heroic pilot.

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