Amitabh Bachchan breaks silence on Pahalgam attack, hails Operation Sindoor

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan on Sunday broke his muchcriticised silence and paid tribute to the Indian armed forces for delivering a fitting response to Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack Bachchan who had faced flak for not commenting publicly after the April 22 massacre in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam returned to X with a stirring tribute interwoven with poetic lines from his father Harivansh Rai BachchanSince the attack which saw 26 innocent civilians brutally murdered by Pakistanbacked The Resistance Front TRF Bachchans X account had gone unusually quietHis last meaningful post on April 22 cryptically read The silent X chromosome deciding the brain In the days that followed he continued posting only the T serial numbers of his posts with no messages until SundayRecalling the horror of the massacre Bachchan wrote in Hindi loosely translated as While celebrating the holidays that monster dragged the innocent couple outside stripped the husband naked and after confirming his religion started shooting him Even after the wife fell on her knees and cried and requested not to kill her husband that cowardly monster shot her husband very ruthlessly making the wife a widowHe further quoted the terrorists response when victims pleaded to be killed together When the wife said Kill me too So the demon said No You go and tell hellipAccording to survivor accounts the terrorist had chillingly told one of the victims Tumhe nahi marenge tum jaake Modi ko batana We wont kill you you go tell ModiBachchan however did not mention Prime Minister Narendra Modis name directly in his postReflecting on the emotional trauma faced by families of victims Bachchan invoked a powerful verse from his father Harivansh Rai Bachchan On my daughters mental state I remembered a line from a poem by my honourable father Suppose that daughter went to hellip and said Hai Chita ki rakh kar mei maangti sindoor duniya There are ashes in hand and the world is asking for vermilionHe then connected it to the armed forces retaliatory offensive So hellip gave the Sindoor OPERATION SINDOOROperation Sindoor is the code name for the precise and strategic retaliatory strikes carried out by Indian armed forces on May 7 targeting nine key terror installations across Pakistan and Pakistanoccupied KashmirConcluding with a spirited message Bachchan wrote Jai Hind Jai Hind ki Sena Tu na thamega Kabhi tu na mudega kabhi tu na jhukega kabhi Kar sapath kar sapath kar sapath Agni path agni path agni path echoing his fathers iconic poem Agneepath symbolising unyielding resolveThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params