Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 7(ANI): Rajasthan Assembly Speaker Vasudev Devnani congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian Army on Wednesday for Operation Sindoor, which struck nine terror infrastructure sites deep inside Pakistan.
Speaking to ANI, Devnani asserted that the Operation’s name was chosen as historic revenge for the sisters whose husbands were killed after being asked about their religion in the April 22 Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 lives.
“I want to congratulate PM Narendra Modi and the Indian army for Operation Sindoor. The whole country is full of pride. By giving this operation the name ‘sindoor’, they took historic revenge for the sisters whose husbands were killed after being asked about their religion,” he said.
Earlier today, Congress leaders lauded the Indian Army’s “Operation Sindoor,” which successfully destroyed Pakistani terrorist bases and sent a strong message against terrorism.
Ashok Gehlot, former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, expressed his solidarity, stating that the Congress Party and the entire nation stand firmly behind the Indian Army and the Government of India.
Congress MLA and Rajasthan Opposition Leader Tikaram Jully also backed the Army’s action, noting the public’s anger over the civilian attack.
Earlier today, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, who briefed the media along with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Col Sofiya Qureshi, said that ‘Operation Sindoor’ was launched to deliver justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and their families.
Wing Commander Singh informed that a total of nine terror sites were targeted and successfully destroyed. She asserted that the locations were selected to prevent damage to civilians and their infrastructure.
“The Indian Armed Forces launched Operation Sindoor to deliver justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and their families. Nine terrorist camps were targeted and successfully destroyed… The locations were so selected to avoid damage to civilian infrastructures and loss of any civilian lives,” she said.
Meanwhile, during the press briefing, Col Sofiya Qureshi presented the videos of the destruction of terror camps, including from the Muridke, where David Headley and Ajmal Kasab, perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, received training. Other than Muridke, Sarjal camp in Sialkot, Markaz Ahle Hadith, Barnala and Markaz Abbas, Kotli and Mehmoona Joya camp, Sialkot were targeted in the strikes conducted by the Indian Army, Col Qureshi informed.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that the attack on Pahalgam was driven by an objective of undermining the return of normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir.
“The attack in Pahalgam was marked with extreme barbarity, with the victims mostly killed with head shots at close range and in front of their family…the family members were deliberately traumatised through the manner of killing, accompanied by the exhortation that they should take back the message. The attack was clearly driven by the objective of undermining normalcy returning to Kashmir,” he said. (ANI)
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