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‘Not blood, but sindoor runs in my veins’: PM Modi's warning to Pakistan, terrorists
During a speech in Bikaner on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared, “Sindoor runs in my veins.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invoked powerful cultural and military imagery, declaring that “not blood but hot sindoor runs in my veins” during a public address in Rajasthan's Bikaner, while referencing 'Operation Sindoor' conducted by the Indian armed forces.
Modi declared, “There will be neither trade nor talks with Pakistan; if talks, then only about Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.” Highlighting India’s resilience, he stated, “India is not going to be scared of nuclear threats.”
In a sharp remark aimed at Pakistan, he referred to the country’s Rahim Yar Khan airbase, saying, “No one knows when Pakistan's Rahimyar Khan air base will open again. It is in ICU. The attack has destroyed it."
PM Modi reiterated India's stance saying “terror and talk”, “terror and trade” can not go hand-in-hand.
Modi called out Pakistan's outlook towards terrorism in strongly worded statement, stating, “Pakistan incubates terrorists, and India will give a befitting reply. The time and methods will be decided by our armed forces."
A month after the deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam that claimed the lives of 26 civilians, Modi asserted a hardline stance against Pakistan, asserting that “India and Pakistan are not equal” and that any future dialogue would be limited strictly to “the issue of terrorism and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and nothing more.”
He further warned Islamabad over water-sharing issues, stating, “Pakistan will not get water from rivers over which India has rights.”
"Pakistan cannot win a conventional war against India, which is why it continues to rely on terror groups to target the country," PM Modi said in Bikaner.
On Thursday, Modi held his first rally following the Indian armed forces' Operation Sindoor that targeted nine terror-bases in Pakistan and PoK. Before addressing the public, he offered prayers at the Karni Mata temple and inaugurated the newly redeveloped Deshnok railway station in Bikaner district.
