Op Sindoor paused after Pakistan requested for ceasefire: Rajnath Singh

Jun 21, 2025 07:27 PM IST

Defence minister Rajnath Singh mentioned Operation Sindoor was executed in such a manner that Pakistan requested for a ceasefire, and solely then did India put a pause to the operation

NEW DELHI: Operation Sindoor is the pure development of the 2016 surgical strikes and the 2019 Balakot airstrikes in Pakistan, and it was carried out in a fashion that compelled Islamabad to ask for a ceasefire, defence minister Rajnath Singh mentioned on Saturday, articulating India’s agency resolve to battle terrorism.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacts with the armed forces personnel throughout ‘Barakhana’ at Northern Command headquarters, in Udhampur, J&Okay, on Friday. (PTI)

“It was executed in such a manner that Pakistan requested for a ceasefire, and solely then have we put a pause to the operation. As I’ve mentioned earlier, Operation Sindoor will not be over but. India is totally ready to take all types of motion towards terrorism,” Singh mentioned at an International Yoga Day perform organised by the military in Udhampur.

The military’s Northern Command based mostly in Udhampur is the nerve centre of counterterrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir.

India launched the operation within the early hours of May 7 and struck terror and navy installations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following the Pahalgam terror strike during which 26 folks have been shot useless. It triggered a four-day navy confrontation with Pakistan involving fighter jets, missiles, drones, long-range weapons and heavy artillery earlier than the 2 sides reached an understanding on stopping all navy motion on May 10.

Singh led the armed forces’ yoga day celebrations, with round 2,500 troopers participating within the Northern Command occasion. Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi and Northern Army commander Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma have been current.

“Yoga provides readability to the folks in chaos. It is an artwork, a science, a philosophy, and spirituality. Those who practise yoga of their every day lives have management over their physique and thoughts. It makes us proactive, not reactive,” he mentioned in his tackle, describing Operation Sindoor as a shining instance of that “management.”

The Indian armed forces confirmed restraint, steadiness and precision in the course of the operation, which is a mirrored image of their inside energy attained by practising yoga, he mentioned. The operation was a transparent message to Pakistan that it’s going to face the implications for supporting terror actions towards India, he mentioned.

Pakistan needs to weaken India from inside, but it surely ought to always remember that similar to Major Somnath Sharma, Brigadier Mohammad Usman too sacrificed his life for the unity and integrity of the nation, Singh mentioned referring to the bravehearts who fought valiantly in the course of the 1947-48 India-Pakistan struggle. Sharma and Usman have been posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra and the Maha Vir Chakra, respectively — the nation’s highest and second highest wartime honours.

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