‘Pak had to plead before might of Indian Army’
May 31:Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised the valour of the Indian Armed Forces during Operation Sindoor and said it was because of this that Pakistan had to beg to stop the war.
Addressing a public meeting after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of various development projects here, the PM reiterated that India now treats terrorists and the Government that supports them alike.
While referring to Operation Sindoor, he said it has only been postponed and it is not over yet. “The enemy who was pleading during Operation Sindoor should not be under any illusion. This operation is not over yet,” he said
Modi said, “Our Army showed such valour that the Pakistani army was forced to beg and demand to stop the war.”
The PM said that he salutes this valour of the Indian armed forces again and again from Kanpur, the land of the freedom struggle.
He said India has clearly laid down three principles in its fight against terror. “India will give a befitting reply to every terrorist attack, its time, method and conditions will be decided by our forces themselves.
India will no longer be afraid of the threat of the nuclear bomb nor will it take any decision based on that. India will look at the master of terror and the government that patronises terrorism with the same eye.”
He said, “Pakistan’s game of State (Government) and non-state (outside the Government) actors is not going to work anymore. If I say straight in Kanpuriya that the enemy will be killed wherever he is.”
The PM said, “Our Indian weapons and Brahmos missile have wreaked havoc by entering the enemy’s house. We have got this strength from the resolve of self-reliant India. There was a time when India was dependent on other countries for military needs, for its defence. We have started changing those conditions.”
While praising the Indian Army’s action against terrorist hideouts in Pakistan a few days ago, Modi advised Pakistan to mend its ways.
‘Operation Sindoor’ is not over yet. if Pakistan-backed terrorists dare again, they will be given a befitting reply by entering their homes,” he said.
Meanwhile, Modi likened terror to a serpent, saying, “if it raises its hood again, it will be dragged out of its hole and trampled”, and asserted that the Indian Armed Forces have reduced to rubble the hideouts of those who had masterminded the Pahalgam attack, sitting in Pakistan.
Addressing a rally in Bihar’s Karakat, around 140 km from the state capital, the Prime Minister said Operation Sindoor was “just an arrow in the quiver” of India and reiterated that the fight against terror was “neither over, nor has it come to a halt”.
Recalling his rally in Madhubani district last month, he said, “I had come to Bihar a day after the dastardly attack in Pahalgam, where many of our sisters had lost their husbands. I had promised that the perpetrators would get a punishment that they could not even dream of. Today, I am back in Bihar, after having delivered on the promise.”
“The power of sindoor (vermilion) worn by India’s daughters was witnessed by Pakistan and the entire world. Terrorists used to feel secure under the protection of the Pakistani army. But we brought them to their knees. We also destroyed Pakistan’s airbases and their military establishments. This is new India (Naya Bharat), and its power is there for all to behold,” the Prime Minister said.
The enemy must realise that Operation Sindoor was “just an arrow in our quiver. The war on terror is neither over nor has it come to a halt”, he asserted.
“If terror tries to raise its hood again, it will be dragged out of its hole and trampled,” he added.
The PM’s averment assumes significance in the backdrop of criticism from some opposition parties that the government agreed to a “ceasefire” under pressure from the Donald Trump administration in the US.
In his speech, Modi also made a mention of BSF sub-inspector Mohammed Imtiaz, a resident of Saran district, who died fighting for the country in Jammu and Kashmir, and likened his sacrifice to the valour of Veer Kunwar Singh, the legendary king of Jagdishpur in Bihar who is considered one of the heroes of the Revolt of 1857.
Hailing the Border Security Force, the PM remarked, “Service to Maa Bharti has been supreme for BSF jawans”.
Speaking at the rally, which was being held in a region that was once a hotbed of Naxal movement, Modi said, “our fight is against all enemies of the nation, be they across the borders or deep within. The people of Bihar have been a witness to our drive against those who spread violence and unrest”.
“There were times when people were scared of coming out on the streets as they never knew when and where they would run into naxals wearing facemasks and toting guns. Naxal-affected villages had no hospitals or mobile towers.
“Schools used to be set on fire, and those involved in road construction got murdered. These people had no faith in Baba Saheb Ambedkar’s Constitution,” Modi said.
After coming to power in 2014, the NDA Government started addressing the malaise and Maoists being taken to task, Modi claimed.
The number of districts affected by Naxal violence has come down from 125 to only 18, he said. (UNI/PTI)
