During a rally in the city of Bikaner, Rajasthan province, the chief minister affirmed that the central administration gave a free hand to the Armed Forces, which allowed the three branches of that institution to execute a tactical trap that forced Pakistan to bend.

The Prime Minister emphasized that Islamabad can never win a direct war with India and is therefore engaged in a proxy war by promoting terrorism.

He also assured that India will give an appropriate response to every terrorist attack and that the method will be decided by the country’s Armed Forces.

He also made it clear that India will not fear nuclear threats and that Pakistan’s game of state and non-state actors will no longer work.

Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7 in response to the attack attributed to the insurgent group Resistance Front in the regions of Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir; which left 26 people dead, mostly tourists.

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