Terror Pak’s war strategy, we won’t call it proxy: PM Modi refines India’s policy of deterrence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Pakistan on Monday for cross-border terrorism, saying India cannot remain mute while the country’s security is threatened by a proxy war by a neighbouring country.

PM Modi stated during a public gathering in Gandhinagar during his two-day trip to Gujarat, “We want to stay in peace, and let others live in peace. But when our strength is challenged through proxy war, we can’t stay silent.”

“Earlier, we used to call it a proxy war. However, after the scenes we witnessed after May 6, we no more call it a proxy war," the Prime Minister said, adding, “This is because we destroyed multiple of their terror camps in just 22 minutes."

“…It was a decisive action. And this time, everything was done in front of the cameras, so that no one back home would ask for proof," PM Modi said.

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“The funerals of terrorists in Pakistan were conducted with state honours, their coffins were wrapped in Pakistani flags, while the country’s army gave them a salute."

“This proves that terrorism is not a proxy war, but a war strategy by Pakistan. We will answer accordingly," he said.

“During India’s partition in 1947, the country was divided into three parts. Soon after, the first terrorist attack was reported in Kashmir, and Pakistan occupied one part of Kashmir. Had we killed these Mujahideens, if we had listened to Sardar Patel, he wanted the Army to not stop until we get back PoK… For 75 years, we suffered, and what happened in Pahalgam was a distorted form of that attack."

“The Indian Army has defeated Pakistan every time. Pakistan understood that it cannot win from India," the PM said.

India, on the intervening night of May 7 and 8, launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ against Pakistan and destroyed multiple terror targets there.

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More than 100 militants seeking refuge in Pakistan were also slain in the operation.

This happened after Pakistan carried out a terrorist strike in Kashmir’s popular Pahalgam on April 22, killing 26 innocent visitors.

Survivors later said that the terrorists had interrogated them about their beliefs and killed those who answered they were not Muslims.

The attackers also demanded that the visitors repeat a ‘Kalma’ (an Islamic word) to establish that they were not Muslims before killing them point blank.