Pakistan’s ‘nuclear blackmail’ will not be tolerated, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that “nuclear blackmail” by Pakistan will not be tolerated and that Operation Sindoor was now India’s policy against cross-border terrorism.

India will respond to terror attacks “in our way, on our terms”, the prime minister said in his first comments since Operation Sindoor.

Stating that no distinction will be made between government-sponsored terrorism and terrorist organisations, Modi added: “The world witnessed the grim reality of Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, when top officials of the Pakistani military openly stood in solidarity with terrorists. This stands as the strongest evidence of state-sponsored terrorism.”

India will only hold talks with Pakistan on the matters of terrorism and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Modi said.

Modi reiterated India’s position that “terror and talks” cannot take place simultaneously. “Terror and trade cannot happen simultaneously, and water and blood cannot flow simultaneously,” Modi added, referring to New Delhi suspending the Indus Waters Treaty on April 23.

The prime minister said that India had “only paused our retaliatory action on Pakistan’s terrorist and military infrastructures for now”. Every step taken by Pakistan will be observed in the coming days, he added.

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