PM Modi To Address Nation: In his first public address since Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that Operation Sindoor was now the new normal in India’s fight against terror. The PM also hailed the Armed Forces, spy agencies and scientists for carrying out a successful campaign against Pakistan. The “brave soldiers” showed great courage for achieving the goals of Operation Sindoor, he said.
Asserting that India has only paused military action against Pakistan, Modi said India was keeping a close eye on Islamabad’s every move.
“We have only paused our retaliatory military action against Pakistan’s terror and military sites. In the coming days, we will test Pakistan’s actions to see their attitude. India’s three wings of Armed Forces — the Air Force, the Army and the Navy — the Border Security Force, and the paramilitary forces are continuously on alert. After surgical strikes and air strikes, Operation Sindoor is a policy of the government,” the PM said.
Innocent civilians spending holidays were killed in front of their families and children after being asked their religion. “This caused me great pain,” PM said.
“I gave a free hand to the Armed Forces and today all terror organisations have understood the cost of removing Sindoor from our wives and daughters,” says Modi.
“On the morning of May 7, the whole world saw this promise turn into results. Indian Armed Forces made precision strikes on terror sites and training centres in Pakistan. They hadn’t fathomed that India could take such a decision. But when the country is united then decisive action can be taken,” he adds.
“Pakistan has been the global terror university — be it 9/11, the London Tube Bombing or the decades of terror attacks in India. These terror sites had a link with them all… Terrorists wiped the Sindoor of Indian women, that’s why we decimated the headquarters of terror,” he said.
Pakistan hit India’s borders, but India’s drones and missiles made precision hits on Pakistan’s heart, he said.
Modi’s public comments came hours after the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan spoke, two days after deciding to “stop all firing, and military action” from land, air and sea starting 5 PM on May 10.
Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, inside Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
Terrorists had gunned down 25 Indian and one Nepali civilian in the picturesque Baisaran valley in and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, leading to the highest civilian casualties since at least the 2008 terror attacks.
After the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives and injured scores of others, besides destablising J&K’s peace, PM had promised retribution for the Pahalgam terror attack. He said “India will identify, track and ” and would “pursue them to the ends of the earth”.
Addressing a rally in Madhubani in Bihar, the Prime Minister said: “Ab aatankiyon ki bachi kuchi zameen ko bhi mitti mein milane ka samay aa gaya hai (the time has come to raze whatever is left of the haven of terrorists).”
Then Modi switched to English, addressing the international community, and said: “Today, from the soil of Bihar, I say to the whole world: India will identify, track and punish every terrorist and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the earth. India’s spirit will never be broken by terrorism.”
“Terrorism will not go unpunished. Every effort will be made to ensure that justice is done. The entire nation is firm in this resolve. Everyone who believes in humanity is with us. I thank the people of various countries and their leaders who have stood with us in this time… The punishment will be significant and stringent, which these terrorists would have never even thought about.”
