"Befitting reply to Pahalgam attack": Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora lauds Operation Sindoor

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 (ANI): Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora on Wednesday lauded the India Armed Forces on successful execution of Operation Sindoor, which targeted nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) on Wednesday and said that armed forces has given befitting reply to Pakistan.
The Shiv Sena MP said that the operation carried out by our armed forces has made every India proud and confident that the country is safe under the Prime Minister's leadership.
Speaking to ANI, Milind Deora said, "After the Pahalgam terrorist attack, the people of the country were confident and had had faith that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, our armed forced has given a beffiting reply to the terrorists in Pakistan. Whether we speak about Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad or their frontal organisation TRF, Pakistan is the one who is supporting it. The centre has given a given a strong, befitting reply to the attack."
"On behalf of all the widows, mothers, and daughters who lost their husbands, sons, and fathers in Pahalgam, the Indian Army called this 'Operation Sindoor.' This operation has made every Indian, especially women, proud of India and confident that under PM Modi ji the country will remain safe," he added.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that the Indian Armed Forces displayed their valour and bravery in Operation Sindoor, scripting a new history, and took action against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and POJK with "precision, alertness and sensitivity".
Speaking at an event for the inauguration of 50 Border Roads Organisation infrastructure projects across six states and two UTs, Rajnath Singh said that the armed forces showed sensitivity in ensuring that the civilian population is not affected during their action.He also expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his support to the armed forces.
India's precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure came in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed.
Earlier in the day, at a joint briefing on Operation Sindoor, Foreign Secretay Vikram Misri said the terror 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.
Misri said that Indian intelligence agencies had been monitoring terrorist activities and raised concerns regarding more terrorist attacks in India.
"Our intelligence indicated that further attacks against India are impending. Thus, compulsion, both to deter and prevent and hence earlier this morning, India exercised its right to respond to deter such more cross-border terrorism... Our actions were measured and non-escalatory, proportionate and responsible. They focused on dismantling terrorists' infrastructure," he said.
Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said that a total of nine terror sites were targeted and successfully destroyed. She asserted that the locations were selected so that there was no damage to civilians and their infrastructures.
"Operation Sindoor was launched by the Indian Armed Forces 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.Col Sofiya Qureshi showed some videos of the strikes destroying terror camps.
The Indian Armed Forces conducted 'Operation Sindoor' early Wednesday.Twenty-six people were killed in the Pahalgam terror attack. The government had said that the perpetrators will face severe punishment. (ANI)