Veep Dhankhar sees similarities in Operation Sindoor and Bin Laden’s killing
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday drew comparisons between India’s Operation Sindoor, launched after the April 22 Pahalgam terror assault, to the US mission that led to the killing of terrorist Osama bin Laden following the 9/11 assaults, noting that each operations had been efficiently carried out “deep” inside Pakistan’s territory.
With out straight mentioning slain Osama bin Laden, Dhankhar stated that on Could 2, 2011, a “international terrorist” liable for the September 11 assaults was “handled” by US forces in a “related” approach, reported PTI.
“Bharat has accomplished it. And accomplished it to the information of the world,” Jagdeep Dhankhar stated, including that this Operation Sindoor set a brand new “international benchmark” in tackling terrorism whereas nonetheless aiming to keep up peace.
He referred to as India’s assaults on 9 terror websites in Pakistan the “deepest-ever cross-border strike” by India. Dhankhar additional stated that that is the primary time exact strikes had been carried out deep throughout the worldwide border towards strongholds of terror teams like Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba. The strikes had been so correct that solely the terrorists had been focused.
Dhankhar additionally referred to the Pahalgam terror assault, which killed at the least 26 individuals, calling it the deadliest assault on civilians because the 2008 Mumbai terror assaults. He talked about that after this assault, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had despatched a message to the world from Bihar. “These weren’t empty phrases. The world has now realised,” he stated.
In his speech, Dhankhar harassed that each citizen has a task to play in nationwide safety, particularly in areas like commerce, enterprise, and commerce. He additionally warned towards supporting international locations which are towards India’s pursuits. “Can we afford to empower international locations which are inimical to our pursuits? Time has come when every one among us should deeply take into consideration financial nationalism,” Dhankhar stated.
“And due to this fact, I firmly imagine that we should all the time hold one factor in thoughts, and that’s: Nation first. And that mindset we should train our toddlers proper from day one,” Dhankhar stated whereas addressing a gathering on the Jaipuria establishments in Delhi.
