If Pakistan wants to remain in the world map, it will have to stop sponsor terrorism on its soil, said Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi, warning the neighbouring nation of stern action in case of any misadventure. He said that this time, the Indian armed forces will not be restricted and no restraint would be in place.
Urging the soldiers to be ready in case of a future military conflict, Gen Dwivedi said, “India, as a country, is fully prepared this time. And this time, it will not show the restraint that it showed during Operation Sindoor 1.0.”
What the Army chief said
“This time we will take a step forward and act in a manner that will make Pakistan think whether it wants to remain on the world map or not,” the Army Chief added in a strongly-worded speech to soldiers at Anupgarh in Rajasthan’s Sriganganagar district.
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He stressed that to retain its place in the world map, Pakistan will have to stop state-sponsored terrorism.
“Keep yourselves fully prepared now, if God wants, the opportunity will come soon,” he told the soldiers.
‘World stood with India’
The Army Chief said that India gave evidence in front of the world about terrorists’ hideouts during Operation Sindoor, the only places that India targeted. Reiterating India’s strategy that it employed during Operation Sindoor, Gen Dwivedi said the military hit nine targets inside Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, of which seven were hit by the Army and two by the Air Force.
“We had identified the targets because we only wanted to harm the terrorists. We had aimed to strike their bases. We have no complaints against ordinary Pakistani citizens, so long as their country does not sponsor terrorists. Because terrorists were being sponsored, those terrorist targets were hit,” Gen. Dwivedi said.
On the issue of those living near the international border, he said, “We consider the border population not as ordinary civilians but as soldiers. That means they stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the battle. This is crucial because the coming struggle is the nation’s struggle, not just the Army’s.”