Pakistan must stop sponsoring terrorism if it wishes to remain on the world map, warns Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, on Friday. Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) then added that the restraint shown by the Indian Armed Forces during Operation Sindoor will not be repeated in case of a future military conflict with Pakistan. Army Chief’s austere warning came during his address to soldiers at Anupgarh in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar district on Friday.
"India, as a country, is fully prepared this time. And this time, it will not show the restraint that it showed during Operation Sindoor 1.0. This time, we will take a step forward and act in a manner that will make Pakistan think whether it wants to remain on the world map or not," General Dwivedi said.
"Keep yourselves fully prepared now, if god wants, the opportunity will come soon," he told the soldiers to be prepared for any scenario.
The Army Chief quite sternly made clear that India has shown evidence to the world of Pakistan holding terrorists on its soil (presence of terrorist hideouts in the neighbouring nation), and ‘if we hadn’t discovered this evidence, Pakistan would have hidden all of it’.
COAS said the entire world stood with India throughout Operation Sindoor, which was a retaliation in the wake of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
"We had identified the targets because we only wanted to harm the terrorists. We had aimed to strike their bases. We have no complaints against ordinary Pakistani citizens, so long as their country does not sponsor terrorists. Because terrorists were being sponsored, those terrorist targets were hit," General Dwivedi said, as he once again repeated how the Indian Armed Forces destroyed nine terrorist hideouts on the neighbouring nation’s soil.
"We consider the border population not as ordinary civilians but as soldiers. That means they stand shoulder to shoulder with us in the battle. This is crucial because the coming struggle is the nation's struggle, not just the Army's”, the chief added.
The Army chief said history shows that during the 1965 and 1971 wars, ordinary citizens stood alongside the soldiers, and added, "We would want them to join us in the days ahead as well. I want to thank them — their zeal boosts the morale of our soldiers.”
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