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The occurrence of Operation Sindoor stands arsenic a “defining moment” successful the country's counter-terror and deterrence strategy, President Droupadi Murmu said connected Thursday (November 27, 2025) and asserted that the satellite took enactment of not lone India's subject capableness but besides its "moral clarity to enactment firmly, yet responsibly" successful the pursuit of peace.
In her code astatine the inaugural league of the 3rd variation of Chanakya Defence Dialogue, a cardinal conclave hosted by the Army here, she emphasised that guided by India's civilisational ethos of 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam', "we person shown that strategical autonomy tin coexist with planetary responsibility".
"Our diplomacy, our economy, and our equipped forces unneurotic task an India that seeks peace, but is prepared to support its borders and its citizens with spot and conviction," Ms. Murmu said.
The President asserted that the Indian equipped forces person exemplified professionalism and patriotism successful guarding the sovereignty of India.
"During each information challenge, whether conventional, counter-insurgency, oregon humanitarian, our forces person displayed singular adaptability and resolve," Ms. Murmu said.
Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi, who was contiguous connected the dais, besides delivered an code connected the occasion.
President Murmu, successful her speech, recalled Operation Sindoor, India's decisive subject enactment successful May successful the aftermath of the deadly Pahalgam attack.
"The caller occurrence of Operation Sindoor stands arsenic a defining infinitesimal successful our counter-terror and deterrence strategy. The satellite took enactment not lone of India's subject capableness but of India's motivation clarity to enactment firmly, yet responsibly successful the pursuit of peace," she said.
India launched the subject cognition aboriginal connected May 7 and decimated aggregate panic infrastructure sites.
Pakistan besides launched offensives against India, and each consequent counter-offensives by India were besides carried retired nether Operation Sindoor.
The subject struggle betwixt the 2 nuclear-armed neighbours halted aft they reached an knowing connected the evening of May 10.
Ms. Murmu, successful her address, further said, "I americium blessed to cognize that beyond its operational role, the Indian defence forces stay a pillar of nationalist development. Apart from strengthening our frontiers, they person besides helped successful borderline country improvement done infrastructure, connectivity, tourism, and education." She underlined that today's geopolitical scenery is "changing rapidly".
"The planetary strategy is being rewritten by contesting powerfulness centres, technological disruptions, and shifting alliances. New domains of contention — cyber, space, information, and cognitive warfare are blurring the lines betwixt bid and conflict," the President said.
In her address, she laid accent connected the Army's endeavour to alteration itself done quantifiable deliverables nether its 'Decade of Transformation' vision.
"It is reforming structures, re-orienting doctrines, and redefining capabilities to beryllium future-ready and mission-capable crossed each domains. I americium assured that these defence reforms volition assistance successful making India self-reliant,” Ms. Murmu asserted.
She besides laid accent connected the Army investing successful younker and quality capital.
"It is instilling patriotism successful younker done education, NCC expansion, and sports. The enlargement of the publication of young women officers and soldiers, some successful relation and character, would beforehand the tone of inclusion. It volition besides animate much young women to articulation the Indian Army and instrumentality up different professions," Ms. Murmu said.
She expressed anticipation that the treatment and result of this dialog volition supply invaluable insights to policymakers for shaping the aboriginal contours of the nationalist policy.
"I americium assured that our equipped forces volition proceed to strive for excellence and determination up with resoluteness and determination to execute the extremity of Viksit Bharat by 2047," said the President, who is besides the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
