‘Government Gave Freedom To Act, Country Gave Strength’: Army Chief Hails Op Sindoor's Success

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Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi hailed the army saying that the military destroyed nine terrorist hideouts without any civilian casualties.

In his inaugural podcast with Ibex Tarana 88.4 FM, General Upendra Dwivedi said that the military operation was successful. (News18)

Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday hailed Operation Sindoor- India’s military strikes targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan in response to April 22’s ghastly Pahalgam terror attack—saying that it was not just a military operation but was an expression of the nation’s unity, resolve, and self-confidence.

In his inaugural podcast with Ibex Tarana 88.4 FM, the first-of-its-kind Community Radio Station based in Jyotirmath in Uttarakhand, which General Dwivedi inaugurated, he said that the military operation was successful because of the two reasons: one the government gave the freedom and the public trusted the military, which inspired them. to carry out the strikes.

He further hailed the army saying that the military destroyed nine terrorist hideouts without any civilian casualties which demonstrates that the Indian Army is not only powerful but also responsible.

“I am proud that the soldiers of the Indian Army completed this mission with discipline, restraint, and immense courage. This victory belongs to the entire nation. Operation Sindoor is a decisive response to terrorism," he said.

General Upendra Dwivedi further remarked that whenever a mother or sister applies sindoor, she would remember the soldiers of the Indian Army.

Operation Sindoor

India launched “precision strikes" under Operation Sindoor on nine terror targets in Pakistan and PoK following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians. The strikes killed over 100 terrorists including 10 family members of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and four close aides.

Targets included Jaish’s Markaz Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur, Sarjal camp in Tehra Kalan, Markaz Abbas in Kotli, and the Syedna Bilal camp in Muzaffarabad. Lashkar’s strongholds — Markaz Taiba in Murdike, Markaz Ahle Hadith in Barnala, and Shwawai Nalla camp in Muzaffarabad — were also hit. Hizbul Mujahideen’s facilities at Makaz Raheel Shahid in Kotli and Mehmoona Joya in Sialkot were among those targeted.

The strikes, carried out with surgical precision, mark one of the most significant cross-border counter-terror operations since Balakot.

Why It Was Named ‘Operation Sindoor’?

The codename ‘Operation Sindoor’, under which India responded to the dastardly Pahalgam terror attack carried a message that was both emotionally resonant and symbolically heroic.

Approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the name was chosen to symbolically reflect India’s response to the Pahalgam attack, keeping in mind the widows of the terror attack.

Himanshi Narwal from Haryana, Aishanya Dwivedi from Uttar Pradesh, Shital Kalathiya and Kajalben Parmar from Gujarat, Sohini Adhikari from Kolkata, Pragati Jagdale from Maharashtra, Sheela Ramachandran from Kerala, Jennifer Nathaniel from Madhya Pradesh and Jaya Mishra were the women whose husbands were killed by the terrorists in Pahalgam.

It was Himanshi Narwal, married for just six days, kneeling beside the body of her husband, Navy officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who became the face of the tragedy. Days later, Himanshi appeared paying tribute to her husband, but without the sindoor (vermillion) that shines on the forehead of married Hindu women.

Shobhit Gupta

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