India Exercised ‘Right to Respond’ with Operation Sindoor: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

India Exercised ‘Right to Respond’ with Operation Sindoor: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that the Indian military had accomplished operation Sindoor and that the Indian Army intended to "carry out the ideology of Lord Hanuman," killing only those individuals responsible for the death of innocent lives.

Singh stated that as a nation we have taken "the Right to Respond" to the attack which took place on our soil.

Findings were published early on Wednesday that India - under operation Sindoor - carried out military strikes at nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), after the deadly April 22 terrorist attacks of Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

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Rajnath Singh also said, “We have followed the ideology of Lord Hanuman to kill only those who have killed our innocent people. Under the leadership of PM Modi, our Defence forces gave a befitting reply by destroying terrorist training camps. This operation Sindoor was well thought and well planned.”

The Defence Minister thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "whole-heartedly supporting the armed forces," adding that this support directly impacted operation Sindoor's execution.

Rajnath Singh further added, "Under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi, our armed forces launched #OperationSindoor and destroyed training camps for terrorists, giving a befitting reply this time too, just like it did earlier. To give a reply for the attack on its soil, India used its Right to Respond. Our action was done with due deliberations and precision. With the aim of breaking the morale of terrorists, this action was restricted to just their camps and infrastructure. I bow before the valour of our armed forces once again."

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Rajnath Singh made comments as he opened 50 new road and bridge projects of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), in two Union Territories, and six states.

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Under operation Sindoor, India used its 'right to respond' to the attack on our soil, and the Armed Forces made history by executing the operation with prudence, protection, and compassion - dismantling the camps used to train terrorists in Pakistan and PoK.

Rajnath Singh addressed the 66th Raising Day celebrations of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) at Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt.

Rajnath Singh reiterated that the targets were successfully neutralized and there were no civilian casualties.

The targets were listed as 'terror infrastructure' in Pakistan and the PoK and had nine objective sites where strikes were carried out and completed, he added.

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