Op Sindoor only suspended, India will hit hard if provoked again, N-blackmail won't work: PM Modi

: Two days after the ceasefire agreement with Pakistan was announced, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight said that 'Operation Sindoor' has only been suspended and if Islamabad resorts to any further provocation, the reaction will be severe and the “Nuclear blackmail” will no longer be tolerated.

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In a televised Address to the Nation, which marked his first public comments after the launch of Operation Sindoor on May 7, PM Modi said that 'Operation Sindoor had resulted in the killing of over 100 terrorists and ruled out any dialogue with Pakistan or a rethink on suspension of the Indus Water Treaty until Islamabad ends support to terrorism.

He said India agreed to the ceasefire after causing substantial destruction to the terror infrastructure in Pakistan, which pleaded with the world for safety and “assurance was given to us that it will no more indulge in any terrorist act or military misadventure”.

Declaring that "Operation Sindoor is now India’s policy against terrorism", he said, “We have only suspended our retaliatory actions against Pakistani terrorist and military installations. In the coming days, we will assess Pakistan’s actions.”