India showed how strong our retaliation can be; Rajnath on Operation Sindoor

NEW DELHI : In carrying out Operation Sindoor following the dastardly terror attack in Pahalgam, India showed its enemy how strong the country’s retaliation can be, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday.

Singh also said that the coordination and courage with which India’s armed forces worked in executing the operation has proven that “victory is no longer an exception for us”.The defence minister was interacting with a group of 1965 war veterans.“We launched Operation Sindoor and showed the enemy just how strong our retaliation can be. The coordination and courage with which our team worked has proven that victory is no longer any exception for us. Victory has become our habit. And we must always maintain this habit,” Singh said.The defence minister said following the Pahalgam terror attack, the government was determined to punish those involved in it.“Whenever that incident comes to our mind, our heart becomes heavy. What happened there shook all of us to the core. But that incident could not break our morale.”“Our prime minister has taken this resolve that this time the terrorists will be taught such a lesson that they would never have even imagined,” he said.