‘Halted it on our own terms’: Rajnath Singh on Operation Sindoor

“I want to make it clear once again here that we did not stop that operation because our capacity had diminished. We halted it on our own volition, on our own terms,” Singh wrote on X.

मैं यहां फिर से स्पष्ट कर देना चाहता हूँ, कि हमने वह operation इसलिए बंद नहीं किया, कि हमारी क्षमता कम हो गई थी। हमने उसे अपनी मर्जी से, अपनी शर्तों पर रोका। अगर जरूरत पड़ती, तो हम लंबी लड़ाई के लिए भी पूरी तरह से तैयार थे। हमारी surge capacity, यानी अचानक जरूरत के समय, क्षमता…

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He said that India was fully prepared for a prolonged battle. “Our surge capacity —that is, the strength to expand capacity in times of sudden need— was not only present with us, but still is, and is in even better shape than before,” Singh said.