Operation Sindoor showed world new face of India, says PM | India News
BENGALURU: India forced Pakistan “to its knees within hours” during Operation Sindoor in early May, PM Narendra Modi said Sunday, while calling the military success a show of “the new face” of a nation powered by technology and home-grown defence manufacturing.His remarks reinforced the nation’s position that no external party, including the US, played a role in the pause in military action between India and Pakistan after Operation Sindoor was launched following the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam on that killed 26 men.Earlier, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh had detailed how the 88-90-hour campaign crippled Pakistan’s systems and pushed it to seek talks through DGMO.“The success of Operation Sindoor – the strength of Indian forces to destroy terrorist hideouts deep across the border, and the ability to bring Pakistan, which came to the rescue of terrorists, to its knees in hours – showed the world the new face of India,” Modi said on his first Bengaluru visit since the operation.He credited “technology and the strength of Make-in-India in defence” for the success, saying Bengaluru and Karnataka’s youth played a “significant role”.TOI had earlier reported that Bengaluru-built systems – SkyStriker suicide drones from the private sector, Akash missiles from BEL, and other BEL, HAL and private-sector products – were deployed.On the space defence side, armed forces used domestic and international commercial assets. Cartosat satellites, built in Bengaluru with inputs from other Isro centres, were paired with private satellite imagery from global firms like Maxar.“Today, Bengaluru is emerging as a city that has become a symbol of new India’s rise,” Modi said, describing it as one whose “soul embodies philosophical wisdom” and “actions reflect technological expertise”.
