If hit by terror, our reply won’t differentiate between government sponsor & masterminds: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: In a robust message to Pakistan, PM Narendra Modi urged it to demolish “terror universities” for its personal survival. “The way the Pakistani army and Pakistan government are encouraging terrorism, it will destroy Pakistan one day. If Pakistan wants to survive, it will have to destroy its terror infrastructure,” he mentioned. Detailing the success of India’s army offensive beneath Operation Sindoor, PM Modi mentioned that Pakistan proved to be no match to the bravery, braveness and capabilities of Indian forces. He additionally faulted Pakistan for attacking India as an alternative of taking motion towards terrorists. “Pakistan targeted our schools, colleges, gurudwaras, temples and houses of civilians. Pakistan targeted our military base but in this act, Pakistan itself got exposed. The world saw how Pakistan’s drones and missiles fell like straws in front of India. India’s strong air defence system destroyed them in the sky itself. Pakistan had prepared for an attack on the border, but India struck at the heart of Pakistan. India’s drones and missiles attacked with precision. They damaged those air bases of the Pakistani air force, of which Pakistan was very proud.”He mentioned that whereas India has defeated Pakistan in all battles, the success of Operation Sindoor was important as a result of it established the nation’s “superiority in New Age warfare and the capability of Made-in-India weapons.In his address to the nation, Modi also made it clear that India would not brook any attempt at international mediation and any effort to put J&K back on the negotiation table. “Today, I might additionally like to inform the worldwide neighborhood that our stand has been – if there are talks with Pakistan, it is going to be solely on terrorism; if there are talks with Pakistan, it is going to be solely on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,” in what sounded like a message aimed at US president Donald Trump, who on Monday spoke of his interest in brokering a “everlasting” ceasefire between India and Pakistan. The 22-minute-long address, which was broadcast in 10 languages, drastically lowered the threshold for a military retaliation against acts of terrorism by groups based in and supported by Pakistan, while setting tougher standards for judging Pakistan’s compliance with India’s insistence that it take action against terrorists. Laying out the new benchmarks, PM Modi said: “First, if there’s a terrorist assault on India, a becoming reply can be given. Secondly, India won’t tolerate any nuclear blackmail. India will strike exactly and decisively on the terrorist hideouts growing beneath the duvet of nuclear blackmail. Thirdly, we won’t differentiate between the government-sponsoring terrorism and the masterminds of terrorism. During Operation Sindoor the world has once more seen the ugly face of Pakistan, when prime Pakistani officers got here to bid farewell to terrorists. This is powerful proof of state-sponsored terrorism. We will proceed to take decisive steps to guard India and our residents from any risk.”PM Modi said that Operation Sindoor became a necessity because of the barbarity of the terrorists who killed 26 civilians in Pahalgam. “The cruel killing of harmless residents in entrance of their households and their youngsters on the premise of their faith was a really ugly face of terror and cruelty. This was additionally a disgusting try and hurt our unity and integrity,” Modi said. He added that the slaughter, which shocked the entire country and the world, was “very painful for him”.