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India Gazette
13-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
Rajesh Narwal, father of Pahalgam attack victim Lieutenant Vinay hails PM Modi's address to nation following Operation Sindoor
Karnal (Haryana) [India], May 13 (ANI): Rajesh Narwal, who is the father of Pahalgam terror attack victim Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation following Operation Sindoor. Rajesh Narwal asserted that PM Modi's address clearly sent a message to Pakistan. He heaped praise on Operation Sindoor, which the Indian Armed Forces conducted following the Pahalgam terror attack. Narwal emphasised that the military action was a decisive blow to the 'nursery of terrorism' and that the government had taken the right action to break its backbone. 'PM Modi addressed the countrymen after the military action taken after the Pahalgam terror attack. One thing has been made clear in the address, a message has been given to Pakistan, which gives shelter to terrorism and where terrorism has its roots, and it has also been warned that this barbaric terrorist attack was carried out on unarmed people, in which my son Lieutenant Vinay was martyred, I agree with the military action taken against it, it is a good deed. A strong blow has been given to the nursery of terrorism, its trainers, its masters, strict action has been taken, a right action has been taken to break its backbone', Rajesh Narwal told ANI. He further praised the Indian Army and stated that they took the military action with whole morale, and it can only be done once the government gives them complete freedom. Rajesh Narwal explained that the current time is neither for war nor for terrorism, but if war is needed to wipe out terrorism, then it is right. 'The Indian army has taken action with whole morale; they were able to do so only because our government gave them permission to take action. We have also caused damage to their military bases. In this regard, I would like to say that 26 families have suffered personal loss which cannot be compensated. Still, after this action, Pakistan should understand that there is no warning for the cowardly attack carried out by terrorists. If Pakistan fires even a single bullet, it will be an attack. This time, there is no forgiveness; this is a moratorium. If they do something this time, they will not be spared. This is not the time of war, this is not the time of terror either. If war is to be resorted to eliminate terror, then it is right', he added. On Monday, during his address to the nation, PM Narendra Modi said that Operation Sindoor has carved out a benchmark in India's fight against terrorism and has 'set up a new parameter and new normal'. PM Modi also referred to India conducting a surgical strike in 2016 at terror launch pads along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and to the air strikes at a terror camp in Pakistan in 2019 and said that after the two operations, Operation Sindoor is India's policy against terrorism. PM Modi said Indian Air Force, Army Navy, Border Security Force and India's paramilitary forces are constantly on alert. In Operation Sindoor, India conducted precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. (ANI)
The Hindu
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Kin of Pahalgam terror attacks hail the retaliatory strikes
Family members of the Pahalgam terror attack victims welcomed the retaliatory strikes by the Indian armed forces on Wednesday. Many expressed gratitude to the forces for the 'swift and fitting response'. Rajesh Narwal, the father of Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was among the 26 people killed by terrorists in Pahalgam on April 22, said India's response will force Pakistan-based terrorists to think '100 times' before killing Indian citizens. 'When the Pahalgam incident happened, you [media] came to my home and asked what I expected from the government. My answer was that I had faith in our government. Today, the government has justified that trust,' Mr. Narwal told reporters at his residence in Haryana's Karnal. The body of the Navy Lieutenant beside his wife, Himanshi, whom he had married three weeks before the A photo of the Navy Lieutenant's wife, Himanshi, grieving beside her husband's body, had become the defining image of the April 22 killings. As soon as the news about 'Operation Sindoor' reached the bereaved families in West Bengal, many said it would help them cope with their grief. Sohini Adhikari, who lost her husband in the terror incident, said, 'I hope the terrorists get the most severe punishment so that no other wife and children have to see such days.' Sarbari Guha, the widow of 52-year-old Sameer Guha, said, 'I don't know if they were able to get to those who carried out the terror attack. Those like me who suffered will never be able to come to terms with what happened in our lifetime.' Meanwhile, Rajni Sahu, the wife of Border Security Force jawan Purnam Kumar Sahu, whom the Pakistan Rangers apprehended after he strayed across the border on April 23, said the retaliatory strikes had left her less hopeful about her husband's return. 'An apt name' Priyadarshini Satpathy of Balasore, Odisha, whose husband was gunned down by the terrorists, said, 'The swift and precise military action is a fitting response. The name 'Operation Sindoor' symbolises the grief of our sacred vermilion being wiped away.' From Maharashtra, Harshal Lele, who witnessed the murder of his father and two uncles, expressed a sense of closure. 'I am satisfied, my father will now be at peace,' he said. The Kanpur-based family of Shubham Dwivedi also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the armed forces. 'All of us had faith in the Prime Minister and our armed forces. And the way the strikes were carried out at the terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir repaid our trust,' said Ashanya Dwivedi, the deceased's wife. 'Annihilate Pakistan' A woman from Bhavnagar in Gujarat, who lost her husband and a son to the terrorists' bullets, hailed the armed forces and urged the government to continue taking action against Pakistan. 'My son was in Class 12. He wanted to join the Army. But the terrorists killed him and my husband. I want to see Pakistan being annihilated,' said Kajalben Parmar. (with inputs from PTI)
Business Standard
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
Op Sindoor: Terrorists will think 100 times, says victim Narwal's father
Pahalgam terror attack victim Lt Vinay Narwal's father, Rajesh Narwal, on Wednesday hailed India's response and said the Modi government has sent a strong message and now the perpetrators of the April 22 attack "will think 100 times" before repeating such attacks in the future. Retaliating against the terror attack, Indian armed forces on early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba's base in Muridke. "When this (Pahalgam) incident happened, even then you (media) came to my home and asked what I expected from the government. My answer was that I had faith in our government. And today, the government has justified that trust," Rajesh Narwal told reporters at his residence in Karnal. "I had said that such a thing (retaliatory strikes) has to be done so that no one dares to do such a cowardly act strikes carried out on the terror targets (in Pak and PoK) will resonate in their minds forever. Responding to a question on the mission's name, Rajesh said, "This operation has been aptly named Operation Sindoor." Earlier, when Vinay Narwal's mother, Asha, was asked to comment about India's response to the Pahalgam incident, she told reporters, "It is a very good thing that (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi has avenged the (Pahalgam) attack. I am with them (the government), people are with them, and our entire family is with them". "I want to tell our Army to give a befitting reply so that such incidents (like Pahalgam) do not occur again," she said and added that those who got martyred have got justice. Married about three weeks ago, Narwal (26), accompanied by his wife Himanshi, was on a honeymoon in south Kashmir's Pahalgam town when terrorists shot him at point blank, an incident in which 25 others, mostly tourists, were also killed.
Hindustan Times
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Operation Sindoor: Pahalgam attack victim's father hails Indian action against Pakistan
Rajesh Narwal, the father of Indian Navy officer Lt Vinay Narwal who was killed in the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, hailed India's action on Wednesday after the air force carried out precision airstrikes at multiple terror sites in Pakistan in the wee hours of the day. India launched Operation Sindoor against terror infrastructure in Pakistan in the wee hours of Wednesday. Speaking with reporters at his residence, Narwal said, 'Over the past few days, whenever the media asked me what I want from the Indian government, I told them that I trust them, and that they are doing their job.' 'Today is the day when the work has been executed. There is no doubt that the families who lost their loved ones cannot get them back, but we wanted such an action to send a larger message. I think they (Pakistan) will never forget this action,' the father said. Lt Narwal was shot dead in the Balsaran meadow in front of his wife Himanshi while they were on vacation, just six days after their marriage. The father also appreciated the title of the Indian operation – 'Sindoor' – and said that the 26 women who lost their husbands/partners will definitely get solace with this.
