"But, a shameless Congress sought proof about the genuineness of the surgical strike. Bodies of Pakistani soldiers were carried on trucks, a famous newspaper said that...and they need proof. Should our valiant soldiers go on such operations with a camera or a gun?" he said. In the line of Congress fire over the BJP granting party tickets to Reddy brothers, accused of involvement in a humongous illegal iron ore mining scam, the prime minister hit back. "This Karnataka government frustrated all attempts by the Centre to stop illegal mining in Ballari ... to allow the auction of mining blocks. But, the Siddaramaiah government failed to formulate a mining policy in five years," he told an election rally in Ballari. Seeking to turn the tables on the Congress for its criticism of the BJP over Reddy brothers, Modi said,"The honesty of Ballari is being insulted...as if only thieves and looters live in Ballari." The prime minister said it was the nature o...