New Delhi: BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday emphasised that while India has never been an aggressor, it will not hesitate to act in the face of provocation, even if that means carrying out “100 Operation Sindoors” to defend its sovereignty.
Speaking at an interaction with the Indian diaspora in Washington, Surya said, “India does not seek war. We have never sought war in our civilisation’s history. But that doesn’t mean that we will remain passive in the face of Adharma. If there is cessation of aggression, you will have peace. But if you attack us, not once, we are ready to do 100 Operation Sindoors.”
India’s precision strike on terror infra
India carried out precision strikes, codenamed Operation Sindoor, on terror infrastructures in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam. At least 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed in the attack.
Surya also rebutted former Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on his comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also criticised Pakistan’s international outreach as hypocritical. “It is quite ironic that the Pakistani delegation is speaking the language of peace. It’s like the Devil quoting scriptures,” he said.
Pak dependent on cheap Chinese imports
Surya further said that Pakistan, while attempting to emulate India’s global diplomatic outreach, remains dependent on “cheap Chinese imports, including military hardware, which spectacularly failed on the battlefield”.
“Perhaps it is hard for them to digest high-quality, high-calibre military hardware as well as strong democratic leadership on the other side of the border,” he said.
He also drew a critical distinction between India and Pakistan on the global stage, stating, “No sane person, no reasonable policymaker anywhere in the world will ever draw an equivalence between India and Pakistan. We are not who they are. And there is no better place than the United States of America to establish this message very firmly.”
