Op Sindoor shows no safe haven for terrorists: PM

Gangaikonda Cholapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Operation Sindoor showed the world the way India would respond if its sovereignty was attacked and that the cross-border military offensive has created a new self-confidence across the country.

Operation Sindoor also proved that for enemies and terrorists targeting India, there is no safe haven, Modi said in his address at an event here to honour the Chola emperor Rajendra Chola.

The event marks the birth anniversary of the iconic Chola king Rajendra Chola-I which is celebrated as the ‘Aadi Thiruvathirai’ (the birth star of the king is Thiruvathirai in the Tamil month of Aadi) festival.

Regarding Operation Sindoor, “the world saw how India responds if someone attacks its security and sovereignty.

“Operation Sindoor proved that for enemies of India, for terrorists, there is no safe haven. When I came here from the helipad, the 3-4 km distance suddenly became a roadshow, and everyone was praising Op Sindoor.”

“Operation sindoor has created a new awakening, a new self-confidence across the country. The world has to realise India’s strength,” the PM asserted.

Modi further said the names of emperors Raja Raja Chola, and his son Rajendra Chola-I are synonymous with India’s identity and pride and announced that grand statues would be built for them in Tamil Nadu. These statues will be “modern pillars of our historic awakening,” he added.

Further, Modi said several people spoke about UK’s Magna Carta while commenting on democracy. However, the Chola-era ‘Kudavolai system’ predated it, he said. The system followed during the Chola era was over a 1,000 years ago.

Logistics key to Op Sindoor’s success: Rajnath

Vadodara: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said logistics management by various agencies was a deciding factor in the success of Operation Sindoor launched by the Indian armed forces in May, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan post the Pahalgam attack.

Singh was addressing students and faculty members virtually at the 3rd convocation ceremony of Vadodara-based Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, a university under the Ministry of Railways.

“The speed at which the world is changing is both impressive and shocking. The defence sector is also transforming, and major changes are being witnessed in the methods of warfare. In today’s era, wars are not won by guns and bullets alone, but by their time-bound delivery,” the minister said.

Singh stressed that the handling of logistics decides a country’s fate on the battlefield.

Victory and defeat are decided by logistics, and the whole world had witnessed this during Operation Sindoor, he said.

“Logistics management was a deciding factor in the success of Operation Sindoor. The way various agencies managed logistics right from mobilisation of our armed forces to delivering the required material at the right place at the right time has proved to be a deciding factor in the success of the operation,” Singh said.

He said logistics should not be seen only as a process of delivering goods, but must be considered a strategically important sector.

“It is logistics that makes a battlefield a battlefield. Without logistics, it will become a confusion zone. There is no meaning if arms and ammunition don’t reach the right place at the right time during a war. The stronger our logistics management is, the stronger our borders will be,” he said.

“Today, we are in a time where power is not measured only by weapons, but by timely resource management. Be it war, disaster or global pandemic, it has been proven that a nation which keeps its logistics chain strong is the most stable, secure and capable,” he said.

For the Army, logistics means that weapons, fuel, rations and medicines reach remote areas without delay, and for the Navy, it is important to ensure that spare parts and other equipment are available to the ships in time, Singh said.