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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh connected Thursday (May 14, 2026) warned Pakistan against coercion and said India would onslaught backmost decisively if provoked again.
Addressing a nationalist gathering astatine Merta municipality successful Nagaur aft unveiling a statue of Rajput ruler Rao Duda, Mr. Singh said Operation Sindoor had sent a beardown connection to Pakistan.
"Perhaps Pakistan volition not situation to look astatine India with hostility again. But I privation to accidental that if it does, what has not happened till present volition happen," helium said.
"From the beginning, our argumentation was not to provoke anyone. But if anyone provokes us, we bash not spare them either," Mr. Singh said.
Referring to the Pahalgam panic onslaught connected April 22 past year, helium said the terrorists had killed radical aft asking astir their religion.
"Indian civilization says determination should beryllium nary part based connected caste oregon religion. We judge successful justness and humanity. But terrorists from Pakistan were shooting radical aft asking their religion," helium said.
"The full state was angry. We gave specified a beardown reply that the force was stunned. We proved that India is nary longer a state that silently suffers. If anyone attacks our citizens, we volition participate their homes and respond. No borderline tin halt us," Mr. Singh added.
The Defence Minister said India has adopted a "zero tolerance" argumentation against terrorism, citing the 2016 surgical strikes and the 2019 Balakot airstrikes arsenic examples of India's changing effect strategy.
