Will drag out terror from holes & punish it if ultras raise fangs: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has said that enemies, be they across the border or within the country, will be dealt with severely and if terror tries to raise its fangs again, the perpetrators will be dragged out from their hideouts and punished. At a rally in Bihar on Friday, he underlined that he had kept his pledge made after the
Pahalgam terror attack
that the terrorists will be meted out treatment beyond their imagination.
Addressing a rally in Karakat, Sasaram, he referred to
Operation Sindoor
as well as the fight against Maoism, saying engaging in activities inimical to India will face the consequences. "People of Sasaram know what Lord Ram and his family's tradition was - that life may have to be sacrificed but a word given will be kept. It means if a pledge is made it has to be fulfilled. This policy of Lord Ram has become the policy of New India," Modi said.
He recalled the Pahalgam terror attack in which several innocent people were killed and his pledge a day after at a rally in Madhubani where he had given his word to the nation that the camps of terrorists will be decimated. "I had said that the punishment meted out to them will be beyond their imagination. I have come to Bihar again only after completing my pledge. They had wiped the sindoor of our women. Our forces have turned the camps of terrorists into ruins. Pakistan and the world saw the power of sindoor. Those who were protecting the terrorists were brought to their knees by our forces," the PM said.
Modi emphasised that the terrorist camps and installations were destroyed in just a few minutes during Operation Sindoor. He heaped special praise on BSF and paid homage to BSF sub-inspector Mohammed Imteyaz, who hailed from Bihar, for his martyrdom in the May 10 operation.
"Our enemies have seen our power during Operation Sindoor but it should understand that this operation is just one shot from our arsenal. India's fight against terror has neither stopped nor ceased. If terror raises its fangs again, Bharat will drag it out of its hole to trample it," Modi said. While Pakistan and the handlers of terrorists had to face the might of India, those working against the state within its boundaries will also not be spared, he stated. "Our fight is against all enemies of the state, be it across the border or inside the country. In the last few years, the way we have finished such forces has been seen by people of Bihar. Till some years ago, naxalism held sway in Sasaram, Kaimur and neighbouring areas. Nobody knew when naxals, with their faces covered and rifles in their hands, would emerge anywhere. Everybody had this fear. The benefits of government schemes would not reach the people," Modi said.
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