President of India, Droupadi Murmu, once again applauded the Indian Armed Forces for their demonstration of the strength of jointness and strategic foresight during Operation Sindoor. Addressing the faculty and course members of the 65th National Defence College course on Tuesday, the Indian President emphasised that the current evolving geopolitical environment and security contexts call for dynamic responses.
"Our armed forces demonstrated the strength of jointness and strategic foresight during Operation Sindoor. The calibrated, tri-service response resulted in effective synergy. This synergy was behind the successful campaign to dismantle the terror infrastructure across the line-of-control and deeper inside the territories across the border," Murmu said.
Further speaking on the theatre commands, the President added, “I am happy to note that efforts are underway to restructure forces through the establishment of Integrated Theatre Commands and Integrated Battle Groups. This rich sentiment of the entire world being one family is expressed in our ancient saying ‘Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam’. Universal brotherhood and peace have been our articles of faith. But we have also given importance to being battle-ready to defeat the forces that are harmful to humanity and our nation.”
The president said that the "Mahabharata," an epic about a great war that is believed to have taken place centuries ago, finds expressions of the values we hold dear.
"Every attempt was made to avoid the war and arrive at an amicable solution. Efforts for peace were led by Krishna, the principal character, who is regarded by us as a divine entity. When the war became unavoidable, Krishna told Arjuna, one of the most important warriors, to get rid of all doubts and fight bravely. Thus, the holistic Indian approach to war and peace, gives the highest importance to the values of peace and non-violence," she said.
"An interesting physical reflection of the holistic Indian value-system can be seen in the premises of ‘Gandhi Smriti’ and the ‘National Defence College’ facing each other, more out of co-incidence than design. It is as if nature placed the two institutions close together to remind us of our integrated values," the president said.
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