Operation Sindoor: India won’t tolerate nuclear blackmail says PM Modi

Prime Minister Modi in his first address to the nation after Operation Sindoor said while Pakistan pleaded with India to stop the military offensive New Delhi considered it only after they promised to stop their misadventure The PM termed the Pahalgam attack as the most ldquobarbaric face of terrorismrdquo saying it was personal pain for him but the enemy has now realised the consequences of removing ldquosindoorrdquo from the forehead of our womenPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sternly warned Pakistan that India will not succumb to nuclear blackmail and sent a clear message to the world terror and trade terror and talks cannot go together ldquoOperation Sindoor is Indiarsquos new policy against terrorism We have only kept in abeyance our operations against Pakistan and the future will depend on their behaviourrdquo Modi said in a 22minute addressPrime Minister Narendra ModiHe also had an advice for Pakistanrsquos rulers ldquoThe terrorists they have been feeding and nurturing all these years will swallow Pakistan itself If Pakistan wants to survive it will have to root out terrorismrdquoldquoThis is not an era of war but this is also not the era of terrorrdquo Modi said as he paid glowing tributes to the armed forces for successfully forcing Pakistan to plead for peace after eight of their airbases were heavily damaged ldquoAny talks with Pakistan can happen only on terrorism and Pakistanoccupied Kashmirrdquo the prime minister saidModi said that while Pakistan pleaded with India to stop the military offensive New Delhi considered it only after they promised to stop their misadventure The prime minister termed the Pahalgam attack as the most ldquobarbaric face of terrorismrdquo saying it was personal pain for him but the enemy has now realised the consequences of removing ldquosindoor from the forehead of our womenrdquoModi said Operation Sindoor was not just a name but through it the whole world saw Indiarsquos resolve turn into action and more than 100 dreaded terrorists were slaughtered PM Modi said India will not see terrorists and their state sponsors separatelyldquoPakistan has to dismantle its terror infrastructure There is no other way to peacerdquo he said ldquoWhen our missiles and drones destroyed terror sites in Pakistan not only their buildings but their spirit was also demolished When lsquoNation Firstrsquo is our resolve steely decisions are takenrdquo he said Saluting the security forces PM Modi dedicated their bravery to mothers sisters and daughters of this countryldquoThe entire world saw how Pakistani drones were downed by our military might India has struck at the heart of Pakistan our missiles attacked with precision to damage their air basesrdquo he saidIndia Pak DGMOs focus on avoiding inimical actionThe Director Generals of Military Operations DGMOs of India and Pakistan on Monday deliberated on ways to avoid ldquoinimicalrdquo military actions and agreed on considering immediate steps to reduce troops of the two militaries from the borders and forward areas In the conversation over the hotline the two officers focused on continuing the commitment that both sides must not fire a ldquosingle shotrdquo or initiate any ldquoaggressive and inimicalrdquo action against each other according to an Indian readoutDGMO Lt General Rajiv Ghai left Air Marshal AK Bharti centre and Director General Naval Operations Vice Admiral AN Pramod during a press conference on Monday PicsPTIThe nearly 45minute talks took place two days after the two DGMOs reached an understanding on halting all military actions The arrangement reached on May 10 came after four days of intense hostilities that saw the two sides targeting each otherrsquos military installations with drones missiles and longrange weapons that raised fears of a wider military conflictldquoTalks between DGMOs were held at 500 pm Issues related to continuing the commitment that both sides must not fire a single shot or initiate any aggressive and inimical action against each other were discussedrdquo the Indian Army said The talks over the hotline were previously scheduled at 12 noon However it started at around 5 pmThough there were cases of violation of the understanding by the Pakistani military on May 10 night there were no such incidents on Sunday night ldquoThe night remained largely peaceful across Jammu amp Kashmir and other areas along the international borderrdquo the Army said in a brief statement earlier ldquoNo incidents have been reported marking the first calm night in recent daysrdquo it saidForeign Secretary Vikram Misri on Saturday evening announced that India and Pakistan reached an understanding to stop all firings and military actions on land air and sea with immediate effect Hours ahead of the DGMO talks Director General of Air Operations Air Marshal Bharti Director General of Military Operations Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai and Director General of Naval Operations Vice Admiral A N Pramod addressed the media briefing on lsquoOperation SindoorrsquoThe Indian Air Force said all its military bases and systems continue to remain fully operational and ready to undertake any further missions if the need arises Air Marshal AK Bharti said the Indian militaryrsquos fight was with terrorists and their support infrastructure but it was a ldquopityrdquo that the Pakistani military chose to bat for the terrorists The Air Marshal said Indiarsquos robust air defence system effectively foiled Pakistanrsquos attempts to attack Indian military installationsThis 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