‘Op Sindoor Followed Yudh Dharma By Not Targeting Innocent Civilians’
Aman Dubey, a research scholar in Lucknow University, says in its war against terror across border, India decisively proved its superiority on diplomatic and military fronts. His views:
When Indian armed forced launched Operation Sindoor in response to the cowardly Pahalgam terrorist attack on innocent tourists, I was both anxious and supportive of the Indian strategy to strike at the heart of terror bases across the border. In the quick time that our forced carried out the mission, every Indian must feel proud of the country’s professional and measured respose.
First, the message was loud and clear: This is a new and transformed India, an India that did not rush to America or any other western power for support but opened the multiple offensive fronts to bring Pakistan on its knees in a matter of few days. This was evident from the fact that it was Pakistan which rushed to all the superpowers and the OIC countries pleading for help and interference but all (except Turkey) turned deaf ears to its pleas.
Second, Operation Sindoor proved to be a new dawn for the defence mechanism and hi-tech weaponry that India has added to its armour in the past few years. Be it the indigenously designed and produced drones and the Air Defense Systems or the co-produced Brahmos and other lethal missiles.
All our defence apparatus and weapons performed to 100 per cent of its capacity sending jitters to the enemies and their associates besides dropping the jaws of the self-proclaimed masters and developers of similar technologies. India has now emerged as a regional superpower much to the surprise of the entire world.
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The operation also witnessed the transformation of the defence infrastructure to the non contact war model as compared to the earlier Uri surgical strike and the Balakot aerial attack that were based on the traditional war model. Op Sindoor also transformed India into a rule setter in the military interface. While avenging the Pahalgam terror attack by missile attacks on terror camps inside Pakistan, it was commendable that the enemy could not penetrate our air space. The biggest gem in the crown for India was that it not only destroyed Pakistan’s ADS, it also attacked and damaged its air bases in quick time.
The biggest achievement of the current conflict was that we started and paused the offensive at will. None of the bigwigs of the world even tried to come to the front (to deescalate) besides America that first boasted of ‘forcefully’ mediating the ceasefire but later backed off (after the strict stance of India) declaring itself a mere spectator to the entire process. India stood firm and resolute that it stopped the assault after Pak DGMO pleaded and no other country interfered or forced them to enter the deal. In addition, India has firmly said that the operation has just paused and not stopped giving sleepless nights to enemies. Another aspect of the offensive was that India stuck to its values and ‘Dharma’ and did not attack civilians.
As our PM Narendra Modi has vehemently declared, that this is the new normal for India and that terrorism would be met with decisive force, rejecting any possibility of dialogue or trade with Pakistan until terrorism is addressed. We, as Indians and the generation that has the responsibility of carrying forward this New India on its shoulders, stand a proud witness to the success and intensity of operation Sindoor and will carry forward the legacy with honour.
As told to Rajat Rai
