Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 27 May blamed the 1947 decision of Partition for the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists, in Kashmir last month. Pakistan, the PM said in Gujarat, has understood that it cannot win a war with India after Operation Sindoor.
“When the Partition happened in 1947, the chains should have been cut at that time, but instead, the country was divided into three parts. Soon after, the first terrorist attack was reported in Kashmir, and Pakistan occupied one part of Kashmir," PM Modi said, addressing a gathering during the 20 years of Gujarat Urban Growth Story in Gujarat's Gandhinagar on Tuesday.
“If we had killed these Mujahideens; if we had listened to Sardar Patel, he wanted the Army not to stop until we get back PoK,” Modi said.
For 75 years, we suffered, and what happened in Pahalgam was a distorted form of that attack, Modi said. "The Indian Army has defeated Pakistan every time. Pakistan understood that it cannot win from India,” he said.
Two weeks after the Pahalgam terror attack, India on 7 May conducted precision strikes on at least nine terror camps in Pakistan in what is now known as ‘Operation Sindoor’. India and Pakistan indulged in four days of military action post Operation Sindoor. The two nations agreed on an understanding to halt military action on 10 May.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development projects worth Rs 5,536 crore at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. Tuesday was his second day of the Gujarat trip.
‘If they are engaging in war, then the response..'
PM Modi said whenever India and Pakistan went to war, our Indian Armed Forces—our bravehearts—defeated them in a way they would never forget. Realising they could never win a direct war against India, they turned to proxy warfare, providing military training and support to terrorists instead, he said.
The Prime Minister said that Pakistan's support for terrorism cannot be called a proxy war, as those who were killed after 6 May were given state honours. Pakistani flags were draped over their coffins, and their military saluted them, he said.“It proves that terrorist activities are not a proxy war but a well-planned war strategy. You are already at war, and you will receive the response accordingly. We do not seek enmity with anyone. We want to live peacefully. We also want to progress so that we can contribute to the welfare of the world,” Modi said.