Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the Indian Armed Forces for Operation Sindoor’s success and said that their valour brought Pakistan to its knees.
He said that the government gave the forces free hand to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed on April 22.
“On April 22, terrorists removed the Sindoor from the foreheads of our sisters after asking about their religion. The bullets were fired in Pahalgam, but 140 crore Indians felt the pain. Every Indian had committed that terrorists will be given bigger punishment than their imagination. We fulfilled the resolve due to your blessings and the courage of our armed forces. Our government gave free hand to all three armed forces. The tri-services devised a strategy so impactful that Pakistan was forced to go down on its knees. When sindoor becomes an explosive, the result is for everyone to see,” PM Modi said at a rally in Rajasthan’s Bikaner.
PM Modi gave a stern message to Pakistan from a bordering state, stating that those who came to erase the ‘sindoor’ of Indian women were ground into dust.
“In retaliation for the April 22 attack, India destroyed nine of Pakistan’s major sites within 22 minutes. Duniya aur desh ke dushmanon ne dekh liya ki jab sindoor Barood ban jata hai to kya nateeja hota hai,” he said.
The Prime Minister reiterated his remark that he made in the address to the nation earlier this month, and said that India will not be scared of Pakistan’s nuclear threats.
India had launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. India destroyed nine terror targets deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, killing over 100 terrorists.