In his first address to the nation after India launched Operation Sindoor in response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sent out a strong message to Pakistan, saying the country would no longer tolerate Islamabad’s nuclear blackmail.
"Terrorist attacks on India will have to face a befitting reply, and the response will be on our terms,” Modi said.
India conducted airstrikes at nine terrorist hubs in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in the wee hours of Wednesday, killing more than a hundred terrorists and causing considerable damage to the terror infrastructure.
Modi said sites like Bhawalpur and Muridke were the universities of global terrorism and that all big terrorist attacks in the world, including 9/11, are somehow connected to these places.
Modi said when Indian missiles and drones attacked those sites in Pakistan, it shook not just the buildings of the terrorist organisations, but their courage also.
"Operation Sindoor is not just a name. It is a reflection of the feelings of millions of people in the country. Operation Sindoor is an unbroken pledge of justice. Late night of 6 May and morning of 7 May, the whole world has seen this pledge turning into results,” he added.
Terrorists opened fire at the male tourists in front of their wives and children after verifying their religious identity in the scenic valley near Pahalgam on April 22, killing 26 people, including a Nepali citizen. New Delhi’s retaliatory strikes at the terrorist hubs sparked tensions along the border, with both India and Pakistan firing missiles and drones at each other.
Both sides reached a ceasefire agreement on Saturday.
The prime minister asserted that the world has seen that “dirty truth” of Pakistan when their high-ranked officers of the army attended funerals of the slain terrorists.
