'Bharat has done it': Vice president Dhankhar likens Operation Sindoor to Osama bin Laden killing in Pakistan
NEW DELHI: Vice President
Jagdeep Dhankhar
on Saturday drew parallels between recent
Operation Sindoor
after
Pahalgan terror attack
and the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden by US forces, calling the
Indian military action
the 'deepest-ever cross-border strike' against
terrorism
.
Dhankhar speaking at an event referred to the US raid that took place on May 2, 2011, in Pakistan to eliminate the mastermind of the September 11 attacks.
Vice- President's Address | Annual Convocation of Jaipuria Institute of Management | 17 May, 2025
Without naming Bin Laden, he said, 'A global terrorist who planned, supervised, and executed September 11 attacks inside the US was 'dealt with' by the US forces 'similarly'.'
'Bharat has done it. And done it to the knowledge of the world,' he said, describing Operation Sindoor as a 'new global benchmark' in the fight against terrorism. 'While maintaining the spirit of peace, the objective has been to strike at terrorism,' he added.
According to the vice president, the operation marked the first time that India conducted precise air strikes deep across the International Border, targeting the strongholds of terror outfits
Jaish-e-Mohammed
and
Lashkar-e-Taiba
. He claimed that the strikes were executed with such precision that only terrorists were harmed.
Referring to the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, in which at least 26 civilians were killed, Dhankhar called it the deadliest such incident since the 2008 Mumbai attacks. He noted that following the Pahalgam tragedy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had issued a stern message from Bihar. 'Those were not empty words. The world has now realised,' he said.
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