PM Modi in Independence Day speech: Op Sindoor reflected outrage of people after Pahalgam terror attack

While delivering his 12th consecutive Independence Day speech from the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed India’s Operation Sindoor against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

In the Friday address, the prime minister maintained that the operation was necessary because entire India was “outraged and shocked” by the devastating Pahalgam terror attack. The attack that took place on April 22 this year led to the death of 26 Indians. “Entire India was outraged, and the entire world was shocked by such a massacre (Pahalgam). Operation Sindoor is the expression of that outrage….Destruction in Pakistan is so massive that new revelations are being made every day, and new information is coming out daily,” PM Modi said.

The remarks from the Prime Minister came days after Indian Air Force Chief Marshal confirmed that India’s S-400 system downed 5 Pakistani jets during 4-day military escalation between the two nations. “I am very proud that from the ramparts of the Red Fort, I am getting the opportunity to salute the heroes of Operation Sindoor. Our brave jawans punished the enemy beyond its imagination,” the Prime Minster said.

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“After the 22nd, we gave a free hand to our armed forces. They decide the strategy, target and time. Our Forces did what had never been done for several decades. We entered hundreds of kilometres into the enemy soil and razed their terrorist HQ to the ground…Destruction in Pakistan is so massive that new revelations are being made every day and new information is coming out daily…” he added.