12-05-2025
PM Modi To Address Nation At 8 PM; First Since Operation Sindoor, India-Pakistan Ceasefire
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This would be PM Modi's first address since Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7, when India struck terror camps in Pakistan and PoK. A ceasefire was announced on May 10.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address the nation at 8 pm today, which will be his first address regarding India's Operation Sindoor, launched on May 7 to target terror camps inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
This would also be PM Modi's first address since India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on May 10 after exchanging cross-border fire for four days. The Prime Minister has already spoken three times about the barbaric terror attack on April 22, in which 26 tourists were killed by Lashkar-affiliated terrorists.
Prime Minister Modi had repeatedly warned Pakistan and its proxy terrorists of severe consequences for last month's deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam. Since then, he has held multiple high-level meetings with the Army, Navy, and Air Force chiefs, along with sessions involving the Union Cabinet, to assess and coordinate India's response.
PM Modi's Bihar Address
Two days after the Pahalgam attack, PM Modi made his first remarks in Bihar's Madhubani, where he promised 'punishment beyond imagination" for the terrorists and their backers who were responsible for killing tourists. 'India will identify, track and punish every terrorist, their handlers and their backers. We will pursue them to the ends of the earth," he said, switching to English.
His speech came after India took a series of punitive measures against Pakistan, including the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. 'The willpower of 140 crore Indians will now break the backbone of the masters of terror. The entire country is in shock over how the terrorists killed innocent civilians in Pahalgam. India is with those who have lost their loved ones in this attack," he said.
Mann Ki Baat address, while he assured the families of the Pahalgam attack victims that 'justice will be served."
The Prime Minister called the Pahalgam attack a desperate attempt by the enemies of the nation to derail India's progress, particularly as Kashmir was witnessing unprecedented growth in recent years, with a surge in tourism and opportunities for youth.
'Terrorists and their masters want Kashmir to be destroyed once again. That is why such a big conspiracy was hatched. In this war against terrorism, the unity of the nation is our biggest strength," he added.
Talks With Angola President
While holding high-level talks with Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Laurenco in Delhi earlier this month, PM Modi had expressed commitment to act firmly against terrorists and their backers.
'We are committed to taking firm, decisive action against terrorists and those who support them," he said during a press conference with Lourenco. 'We are unanimous that terrorism is the biggest threat to humanity. I thank President Lourenco and the people of Angola for expressing their sympathies towards those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack."
Lourenco condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam and expressed his solidarity with the people of India. 'Angola was one of the first to react immediately after the sad events in the Kashmir region, where human lives were victimised," he said.
First Published:
May 12, 2025, 17:52 IST
