On a day that Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh listed the losses suffered by Pakistan during the recent military stand-off with India, Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi has come out with a stern warning to Pakistan, saying India will not show the restraint it showed during Operation Sindoor the next time.
Speaking at Anupgarh in Rajasthan, the Indian Army chief said, "This time we will not maintain the restraint that we did in Operation Sindoor 1.0... this time we will do something that Pakistan will have to think whether it wants to be in geography or not."
Further, he asked Pakistan to end state-sponsored terrorism.
His "geography" warning to Pakistan comes a day after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh issued a similar warning to the neighbouring nation, saying any misadventure by Islamabad in the Sir Creek sector will invite a "decisive response" that could be strong enough to change both "history and geography".
The remarks by both the defence minister and the Indian Army chief come amid reports that Pakistan is expanding military infrastructure in the disputed Sir Creek, a 96-km-long tidal estuary between Gujarat's Rann of Kutch and Pakistan.
"If Pakistan dares to act in the Sir Creek sector, the reply will be so strong that it will change both history and geography," the defence minister said.
"In 1965, the Indian Army showed courage by reaching Lahore and in 2025, Pakistan must remember that the road to Karachi also passes through the creek," the defence minister noted.
"Any misadventure by Pakistan in the Sir Creek sector will invite a decisive response," Singh had said, adding, "The recent expansion of its (Pakistan's) military infrastructure in the areas adjacent to Sir Creek reveals its intentions."