National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval has revealed fresh details about the decision-making and resolve behind Operation Sindoor, asserting that India’s tolerance and generosity should never be mistaken for weakness.
Prime Minister cut short his state visit to Saudi Arabia. “The Prime Minister returned. The Foreign Secretary had come to receive him. Then, at the airport itself, we had a meeting. First, he wanted to know all the facts. And then his first question to me was, ‘Who has done it? Who is responsible? We should be very clear who the perpetrators are. I want it immediately,” recalled NSA Doval. “The message to the world is very clear, India’s generosity or India being tolerant should not be mistaken for its weakness.
Recalling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reaction to the cold-blooded Pahalgam Terror Attack of 22 April, 2025.
India can take risks, India can hit hard, irrespective of the consequences,” he said. He also said the operation was intended to send a clear message to Pakistan’s military over its alleged support for terrorism. “We wanted the Pakistan Army to realise that this support to terrorism or inability to take effective action against the terrorists is something which is not tolerable to us,” Doval said.
The remarks offer an insight into the Prime Minister’s approach in the immediate aftermath of the attack and the urgency with which the government sought to establish responsibility. The foreign secretary had come to receive him. Then, at the airport itself, we had a meeting.
Doval said India had clearly defined the objective of Operation Sindoor before launching the military action. “We had decided the objective of the operation as destruction of the enemy camps, particularly those who had been responsible for the Pahalgam attack,” he said. Earlier reporting noted: ‘I want it immediately’: NSA Ajit Doval reveals first question PM Modi asked after Pahalgam terror attack National security advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said that the first thing Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to know following the Pahalgam terror attack was who was responsible, as he recalled the moments leading up to India’s Operation Sindoor in a new interview. Earlier reporting noted: In an interview for the Discovery docuseries “Declassified: Operation Sindoor”, Doval said the aim of the 88-hour military operation was to destroy enemy camps, especially those linked to the Pahalgam terror attack. First, he wanted to know all the facts,” he said.
Earlier reporting noted: “The prime minister returned.
