New Delhi: Referring to the Pahalgam attack where male tourists were killed in front of their wives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said terrorists in Pakistan brought their own doom by challenging the ‘nari shakti’ of India. The PM also announced that ‘Sindoor’ was the biggest and most successful operation in Indian history against terrorism. He made this statement while taking part in the ‘Mahila Sashaktikaran Maha Sammelan’ in Bhopal on the 300th birth anniversary of Queen Ahilyabai Holkar.
“In Pahalgam, the terrorists didn’t just shed blood – they attacked our culture. They tried to divide our society. The terrorists challenged the nari shakti of India, and this challenge turned into doom for the terrorists and those who sponsor them,” he added.
On April 22, as many as 25 tourists were shot dead in the Baisaran valley by Lashkar terrorists. The attackers identified the victims as non-Muslims. India launched Operation Sindoor in retaliation. The name of the operation was apparently designed to show respect to the widowed women.
Modi said India took Pakistan by surprise as its armed forces destroyed the terror bases. “The camps were damaged by penetrating hundreds of kilometres into Pakistan,” he added.
The PM’s remark comes at a time when a war of words between the BJP and the Congress on who conducted the most cross-border surgical strikes has surfaced.
Watch his full speech here:
मध्य प्रदेश के भोपाल में आज लोकमाता देवी अहिल्याबाई होल्कर के 300वें जयंती समारोह का हिस्सा बनना मेरे लिए परम सौभाग्य की बात है। https://t.co/IHWiqMsese
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 31, 2025
The Prime Minister also reiterated that both terrorists and their sponsors would have to pay a heavy price in the future if they try to attack India again.
“Operation Sindoor has declared loud and clear that proxy war through terrorism will no longer be tolerated. Now, we will strike even inside their homes (ghar mein ghus ke marenge),” PM Modi said.
The PM also hailed the efforts of an all-women BSF team, led by Assistant Commandant Neha Bhandari, that defended their forward posts in Akhnoor for three days as Pakistan retaliated to Operation Sindoor by cross-border shelling and ceasefire violations.
“Today, the world is witnessing the strength of India’s daughters in defence. Our BSF daughters were protecting our borders and giving a befitting reply during Operation Sindoor,” he said.
