Army Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday gave detailed information about how India had planned a vengeance for the Pahalgam attack on 22 April, revealing that the armed forces were given “free hands” the next day.
The army chief said that a meeting was called on 23 April, and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that “is enough”.
“The three heads were very clear that something was to be done. The free hand was given,” You decide what to do. ” This is the kind of confidence, political direction and political clarity that we first saw … “said the army chief.
Top army officers were talking about the launch of Operation Sindoor, military move against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan -occupied Kashmir to avenge the Pahalgam attack.
He said that the political clarity given by the government to the three-servants helped promote morale, and “helped our army commander-in-chiefs stay on the ground and act according to their knowledge”.
Two days after the meeting, a plan was made how the target of terror would be hit, and seven of the target nine were later reduced to zero. The army chief said, “On 25th, we visited the Northern Command, where we thought, employed, concept and seven of the nine targets, which were destroyed, and many terrorists were killed,” said the army chief.
Talking about the timeline of the steps taken further, the army chief said that the first meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi took place on April 29 after the Pahalgam attack.
He said, “It is important that a small name OP vermilion connects the whole country … This is something that justifies the whole country … That is why the whole nation was saying why you have stopped? This question was being asked and the answer has been given,” he said.
The army chief’s remarks after Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh revealed that India dropped five Pakistani fighter jets, and a large airborn early warning and control (AEW & C) or early warning aircraft during Operation Sindor.
Operation Sindoor was killed by a fortnight, and more than 100 terrorists in Pakistan and Poke during the operation on 7 April on 22 April.
