Sindoor runs in my veins, says PM

PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi said on Thursday that the Indian armed forces made Pakistan kneel during Operation Sindoor and that the world and enemies of the country have now seen what happens when "sindoor (vermilion) turns to gunpowder", adding that garam sindoor runs through his veins now.

- HAMZA KHAN

He said India's response is a "new form of justice" and emphasised that there will be no trade or talks with Pakistan now.

Significantly, the PM said that the recent developments have made three things clear: that there will be a befitting reply for each terror attack; that India will not be scared by threats of an atom bomb; and that India will view Pakistan's "state and non-state actors" as one.

Addressing a rally in Bikaner, parts of which were attacked by Pakistan recently, the PM said, "This brave land of Rajasthan teaches us that there is nothing bigger than the country or its people. On April 22, terrorists asked the religion (before shooting Pahalgam victims) and destroyed the sindoor of our sisters. Those bullets were fired in Pahalgam, but they pierced the chests of 1.4 billion people of the country. After that, every citizen of the country united and took a pledge that we will destroy the terrorists and give them a punishment beyond imagination."