National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has revealed fresh details about the decision-making and resolve behind Operation Sindoor, asserting that India’s tolerance and generosity should never be mistaken for weakness.
Recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reaction to the cold-blooded Pahalgam Terror Attack of 22 April, 2025.
Doval said India had clearly defined the objective of Operation Sindoor before launching the military action. “We had decided the objective of the operation as destruction of the enemy camps, particularly those who had been responsible for the Pahalgam attack,” he said. India can take risks, India can hit hard, irrespective of the consequences,” he said. He also said the operation was intended to send a clear message to Pakistan’s military over its alleged support for terrorism.
Prime Minister cut short his state visit to Saudi Arabia. “The Prime Minister returned. The Foreign Secretary had come to receive him. Then, at the airport itself, we had a meeting. First, he wanted to know all the facts. And then his first question to me was, ‘Who has done it? Who is responsible? We should be very clear who the perpetrators are. I want it immediately,” recalled NSA Doval. The remarks offer an insight into the Prime Minister’s approach in the immediate aftermath of the attack and the urgency with which the government sought to establish responsibility. “The message to the world is very clear, India’s generosity or India being tolerant should not be mistaken for its weakness. Doval’s remarks come a day after President Droupadi Murmu referred to Operation Sindoor and the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty in her Independence Day eve address.
