Operation Sindoor is a series of missile attacks by Indian armed forces on nine terror targets in Pakistan and PoK in the early hours of 7 May 2025 in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
Between 1:05 AM and 1:30 AM on 7 May, 2025, Indian armed forces struck 9 terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (Pok). This included the headquarters of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Muridke and Jaish-e-Mohammed in Bahawalpur. In a statement, the Indian government said its actions were “focused, measured and non-escalatory in nature” and that “no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted”.
Underlining the Pakistan link to the Pahalgam attack, the statement said India is “living up to the commitment that those responsible for this attack will be held accountable”.
Pakistan reacted to the precision strikes by sending in drone swarms into Indian border states, and launching missiles on military and civilian infrastructure in India. Indian armed forces responded by striking airbases in Pakistan. On 10 May, Pakistan’s Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) called his Indian counterpart and the two agreed on an understanding to cease all military hostilities starting 5 pm that day.
Congress foot-soldiers like Arfa Khanum Sherwani, Rana Ayub and The Wire first shamed Modi for not taking any action against terrorists. They questioned his claims of 56-inch chest. Worse still, Ms. Sherwani went to the extreme of asking Modi on X (formerly Twitter) to attack Pakistan and finish off the terrorists based out of there.
Now that Modi has done precisely that, they are trending #Deescalate on X. Every single one them mocked and jeered at Modi for not attacking Pakistan to avenge the Pahalgam deaths. Now that things have gone up the escalation ladder, they are asking Modi to deescalate.
The people of India can see through their duplicity and deceit. The sad and disappointing part is that platforms like The Print will never unmask these vested interests and Aman ka Tamasha types. Mr. Shekhar Gupta is too lenient on these anti-national elements.