- By Ajeet Kumar
- Mon, 12 May 2025 08:23 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
New Delhi: During his address on Operation Sindoor, PM Narendra Modi said that the Indian forces had inflicted damage on a Pakistani Air Force base-- one that Pakistan was especially proud of. He emphasised that the target was not ordinary, but a site considered a symbol of Pakistan’s strength. By striking it, India demonstrated its capability and resolve. The Prime Minister highlighted this action as a strong message, showing that any harm to India’s daughters would be met with decisive retaliation.
He underscored the role played by the indigenious weapons during the Operation Sindoor. Lauding the significant efforts of Indian Air Force, the Prime Minister mentioned the disastrous attack damaged Pakistani side.
PM Modi's advice to Pakistan Government
He also had an advice to Pakistan's rulers: "The 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 terrorism." India will not differentiate between the government sponsoring terrorism and terrorists, PM Modi said, warning of decisive action in case of any misadventure. "This is not an era of war, but this is not the era of terror either," PM 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.
"Any talks with Pakistan can happen only on terrorism and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir," the prime minister said.
Nuclear blackmail
In his first address to the nation after Operation Sindoor, PM 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. "Operation Sindoor is India's new policy against terrorism. It is the new normal. We have only kept in abeyance our operations against Pakistan and the future will depend on their behaviour," Modi said in a 22-minute address.
PM Modi's assertions about not doing trade with Pakistan came minutes after US President Donald Trump said that he told India and Pakistan that his administration will do trade with them only if they end the conflict. Trump also suggested that the conflict between the two countries could have spiralled into a nuclear war, killing millions of people.
Pahalgam attack was a personal pain for me: PM Modi
PM Modi 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 "barbaric face of terrorism", saying it was personal pain for him, but the enemy has now realised the consequences of removing "sindoor from the forehead of our women".
Addressing the nation, PM Modi said Operation Sindoor was not just a name but, through it, the whole world saw India's resolve turn into action and more than 100 dreaded terrorists were slaughtered. “Pakistan wiped the sindoor off our sisters' foreheads. We wiped out the universities of terror running in Pakistan,” he said, dedicating the valour of armed forces to mothers, sisters and daughters of this country.
Outlining the ‘new normal', he said India will give a befitting response to any terror attack on its own terms by targeting the terror havens. He said, “Secondly, India will not tolerate any nuclear blackmail. India will launch precise attacks on terror sites being nurtured under the protection of nuclear blackmail.” Thirdly, he added, the country will not differentiate between the government sponsoring terrorism and the patrons of terrorists. "Pakistan has to dismantle its terror infrastructure. There is no other way to peace," the prime minister said.
(With inputs from agency)