Op Sindoor will resume if Pakistan perpetrates terror attack: Rajnath Singh

New Delhi: In a stern warning to Pakistan, Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that Operation Sindoor - under which punitive strikes were carried out on terror camps - was only on hold and would resume with full force in case another terrorist attack was orchestrated in the future from across the border.

Speaking on the occasion of 'Hyderabad Day', the minister reiterated that India rejected third party intervention over the ceasefire during Operation Sindoor, emphasising that no third party could interfere in India's internal matters. "Today, India does not take dictation from anyone, it writes its own script," he said in Hyderabad.

Singh added that while India believes in dialogue, it also knows how to give a befitting reply to those who do not understand the language of peace and goodwill. "Operation Sindoor, 2016 surgical strike and 2019 Balakot air strike are proof that India's patience is its strength, not weakness, and we choose the path of hard power when negotiations fail to yield any solution."


"Just as the Razakars' conspiracy collapsed in 1948, Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and its agents have failed today. India has again given a befitting reply," he said.