New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to the Adampur air base in Punjab on Tuesday morning and interacted with air force personnel, official sources said.
A source said, “PM Modi went to the Adampur air base early morning. He was briefed by Air Force personnel and he also interacted with our brave jawans.”
Modi’s visit comes after days of intense conflict between India and Pakistan following Indian strikes in terror sites in the neighbouring country on May 7 under Operation Sindoor.
The Indian Air Force personnel also briefed the prime minister on the prevailing situation.
Taking to his X handle, PM Modi wrote, “Earlier this morning, I went to AFS Adampur and met our brave air warriors and soldiers. It was a very special experience to be with those who epitomise courage, determination, and fearlessness.”
He added, “India is eternally grateful to our armed forces for everything they do for our nation.”
In his first address to the nation since the May 7 operation, PM Modi said, “I salute the valiant forces of India, the armed forces, our intelligence agencies, and our scientists.” He lauded the “immense courage” the soldiers displayed to achieve the objectives of Operation Sindoor.
With this operation, the prime minister said, every terrorist now knows the price of wiping off the vermilion (sindoor) from the forehead of the nation’s daughters and sisters.
His remarks came in the backdrop of the ceasefire understanding reached between India and Pakistan on May 10, following four days of intense cross-border firing and shelling. The directors general of military operations of both countries once again spoke on Monday evening and discussed the upholding of the cessation of all military actions against each other, with a key condition of not firing even a single shot.
PM Modi, however, in his address to the nation, clarified that India had only paused retaliation against the terrorists and military bases of Pakistan, and not ended it.
He took note that it was the DGMO of Pakistan who reached out to his Indian counterpart, requesting a ceasefire.
“When Pakistan urged and ensured that they would not act, then India also thought about it … I will repeat … we have only so far paused our retaliatory action against the terrorist and military bases of Pakistan… in the coming days, we will test every step of Pakistan to see what role it has adopted,” PM said.
Further asserting his stance on terrorism, the prime minister said, “Terror or talk can’t go together, terror and trade cannot go hand-in-hand… water and blood also cannot flow together.”
He said that in order to survive, Pakistan will have to eliminate its terror infrastructure and added that any talks with Islamabad would happen only over PoK.
PM Modi affirmed that with Operation Sindoor, India has redefined the fight against terror, setting a new benchmark and establishing a new normal.
