Operation Sindoor: Amit Shah Chairs High-Level Security Meet with Border State CMs and Officials

Operation Sindoor: On Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah pulled together a high-level meeting with chief ministers of states sharing borders with Pakistan and Nepal, this was amidst growing tensions following India's punitive strikes as a part of Operation Sindoor.

Shah will convene the meeting with the CMs, DGP and Cabinet Secretaries of JE, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim and WB.

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The meeting comes shortly after the Pakistan Army’s arbitrary shelling along the LoC and IB killed ten civilians and injured 33 others according to official sources. Shah's orders led to immediate evacuation of civilians from forward areas with an adamant note that "their safety is India’s priority."

Shah is also coordinating with BSF Director General Daljit Singh Chawdhary, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on the entire unfolding situation according to sources shared with India Today.

The violence at the border follows India's targeted strikes across Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) in a "measured, non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible" action to dismantle the terrorism impetus.

Speaking at a press briefing shortly after the strikes, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said, “Earlier this morning, as you would be aware, India exercised its right to respond and pre-empt as well as deter more such cross-border attacks.”

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He stated that these were measured, non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible. "They focused on dismantling the terrorist infrastructure and disabling terrorists likely to be sent across to India."

Misri reiterated that India's action came after persistent inaction on part of Pakistan. "Despite a fortnight having passed since the Pahalgam attacks, there has been no demonstrable step from Pakistan to take action against the terrorist infrastructure on its territory or on territory under its control.”

The April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people, was carried out by Pakistani terrorists and Pakistan-trained Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists, Misri said. "The attack in Pahalgam was marked by extreme barbarity, with the victims mostly killed with headshots from close range and in front of their families," he said.

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