India's action inside Pakistan just a trailer, if need be the world will see entire picture: Rajnath Singh

Gandhinagar: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh has said that Operation Sindoor is not over yet and India's recent action is just a trailer. "If need be, the world will see the entire picture," he added during his visit to the Bhuj Airbase in Kutch on Friday, along with Air Chief Marshal AP Singh.

Stating that "attacking and eliminating terrorism is the new normal of New India", he said the current ceasefire means that "India has kept Pakistan on probation on the basis of its behaviour and any misadventure on its part would lead to punitive action from the Indian side".

Alleging that Pakistan has again started to rebuild its terror infrastructure destroyed by India, Singh urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reconsider its one-billion-dollar assistance to Islamabad and refrain from providing any support in future.


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"Pakistan will spend the tax collected from its citizens to give around Rs 14 crore to Masood Azhar, the head of Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist organisation, even though he is a UN-designated terrorist. The Pakistan government has also announced financial assistance to rebuild the terror infrastructure of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed located in Muridke and Bahawalpur," he said, adding that a large part of IMF's one-billion dollar assistance will be used to fund the terror infrastructure.

"Will this not be considered indirect funding by IMF, an international organisation," he asked. "Any financial assistance to Pakistan is no less than terror funding. The funds India gives to IMF should not be used, directly or indirectly, to create terror infrastructure in Pakistan or any other country," he added.

Stating that India's fight against terrorism is not just a matter of security, it has now become a part of the national defence doctrine, Singh said that India will root out "this hybrid and proxy warfare".

Pointing out that IAF spearheaded this campaign against terrorism, Singh said the air warriors eliminated the terror camps in Pakistan and PoK in just 23 minutes. During the operation, IAF not only dominated the enemy, but decimated them, he added. He said India's fighter aircraft are capable of striking every corner of Pakistan without crossing the border.