Cheers, humour & some cynicism as Twitter India uses #ModiPunishesPak to react to surgical strike

We strongly condemn the cowardly terror attack in Uri. I assure the nation that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 18, 2016

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The Indian Army on Wednesday night conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads at the Line of Control (LoC), the Director General Military Operations (DGMO), Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, said in a press briefing.

This is how Twitter reacted to news of the strike:

Pakistan finally gets the message how it is to face a tough PM. Days after Uri, terrorists in Pakistan killed by Army. #ModiPunishesPak

— Maheish Girri (@MaheishGirri) September 29, 2016

Congratulations to the Indian Army for #SurgicalStrikes to safeguard our nation. We are committed to fighting against terror in the region.

— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) September 29, 2016

Determined action by our forces in First ever #SurgicalStrike against Lanch Pads in Pakistan is a way #IndiaGivesItBack #ModiPunishesPak 🇮🇳👍

— Meenakashi Lekhi (@M_Lekhi) September 29, 2016

Amit Shah himself congratulated Narendra Modi on this spectacular feat, heralding a 'new India'.

Today's strikes signal the rise of a new India where the GoI doesn't get cowed down by nefarious designs of terrororists. #ModiPunishesPak

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 29, 2016

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Among the slew of congratulatory messages, some Twitter users pointed out that the strike came on the occasion of Shaheed Bhagat Singh's 109th birthday.

The 'Real diwali' has come to India, some users opined.

PM @narendramodi fulfilled his promise, lives of martyrs wont go unpunished. Bravo #IndianArmy! #ModiPunishesPak https://t.co/7eiMdk68o0

— Devika (@Dayweekaa) September 29, 2016

Surgical strikes against Pakistan on the day of Bhagat Singh's birthday. Inquilab Zindabad #ModiPunishesPak

— Sanjay Dixit 🇮🇳 (@Sanjay_Dixit) September 29, 2016

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There were also a handful of Twitter users who said that the strike had put Pakistan - which was behaving like a 'spoilt child' - in its place.

Pakistan was behaving like a spoiled child, a hopeless case for improvement and so #ModiPunishesPak in the best interest of #India.

— Prashant Ranjan (@pranjan21) September 29, 2016

Then of course, there were the tweets invoking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 56" chest.

And burnol moment for ones who questioned 56"inch day & night #ModiPunishesPak

— chandan sharma (@RudraBJP) September 29, 2016

#ModiPunishesPak India conducts surgical strikes 3 kms inside PoK. 56 inch proved! 😎

— रुपा मेहता (@Clever_ladkii) September 29, 2016

Those who wanted to saw @narendramodi's 56 inch chest, here is an clear example of 60 inch. #modipunishespak #indiastrikesback

— Ayush kumar (@getayush) September 29, 2016

Then of course, there were the cynics.

PM walks the talk! Pak is punished, loss of face for laboratory of terrorists. More to come if they continue like this. #ModiPunishesPak

— Being Madhup Sharma (@BeingMadhup) September 29, 2016

This is just to pacify ego of Indian Public, the world is not ready for a indio-pak war! Well coordinated drama ! #ModiPunishesPak

— Amlan Pati (@AmlanPati) September 29, 2016

I'm waiting 4 the moment when #PakiArmu say nothing like a surgical strike happened!#ModiPunishesPak

— Manish The Dubey (@MKankunj) September 29, 2016

One Twitter user had an important yet poignant point to make.

The answer to suffering is suffering! now the families of Pakis will moan the way our families did! #ModiPunishesPak but where is humanity?

— Tamanna (@Banjaarann) September 29, 2016

And then, there were others who had a humorous reaction to India's retaliation.

BHAKTS after they heard about the surgical strikes across LOC.#ModiPunishesPak
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— PhD in Bak*****!! (@Atheist_Krishna) September 29, 2016

Mood today home #ModiPunishesPak pic.twitter.com/hnwG1aUZeU

— Vijay (@centerofright) September 29, 2016