Prez hails Op Sindoor as fight of humanity against terrorism

Operation Sindoor will go down in history as an example in humanity's fight against terrorism, President Droupadi Murmu told the nation on the eve of the 79th Independence Day on Thursday, as she hailed the test of Atmanirbhar Bharat during the conflict and the nation’s unity, which according her, was the most befitting response to those who wanted to divide India.

- Saubhadra Chatterji

In a 40-minute address, Murmu didn't refer to American tariffs on India but noted a “stress” in the global economy. She said that “all key indicators” show the Indian economy in the pink of health and “demand at home is pacing ahead”. The President mentioned how welfare schemes were designed to prevent people from slipping back to poverty. She said income inequality and regional disparities were reducing and said astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla’s space journey had “fired a whole generation to dream bigger.”

‘Amid the ongoing controversy over the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar, the President highlighted India's universal adult franchise that came “without any restrictions of gender, religion and other factors that had barred many people from voting in other democracies” and said democratic institutions in India had “strengthened the practice of democracy”.

Three months after the India-Pakistan conflict in May, the President, who is also the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces, hailed Operation Sindoor and the rise of Atmanirbhar Bharat in the defence sector.