00:00The name of the Operation Sindhoor, I think, was a fantastic name.
00:03This has demolished a lot of the doctrines that Pakistan was harboring,
00:08that they can continue to bleed India through terrorism, and that India will not react.
00:12Two women officers briefing the media, and we have Operation Sindhoor.
00:19So that significance, you know, the huge significance.
00:24President Trump's statement is very clear that, you know, India has done what it needed to do,
00:29and then he hopes there will be no escalation.
00:31In the case of China, the only thing which will be music to Pakistan here is to use the word regrettable.
00:37You have observed, India launches Operation Sindhoor.
00:41Precision strike hit nine terror camps in Pakistan, occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
00:46First of all, your opening statement on it, sir.
00:49So first thing first, the name of the Operation Sindhoor, I think, was a fantastic name.
00:54You know, as per the Indian culture and civilization, the meaning of Sindhoor and what it means to married women in our civilization.
01:05So the government has articulated those feelings that those poor ladies whose husbands were killed in front of their eyes,
01:13what it means to them.
01:14So I think that's an amazing title of the operation that was given.
01:19So again, I think India has gone beyond, you know, the Pakistan's doctrine that terror under the nuclear overhang,
01:29or without a conventional response, we can continue to do that.
01:32We had established deterrence after Balakot, but that deterrence seems to have broken down.
01:37Pakistan decided to gamble once again to resort to terrorism, and India has demolished that belief.
01:44And not one, not two, but nine camps have been struck in the so-called, you know, in POJK, as well as in mainstream Punjab.
01:55So whether it's, you know, the snake pits of Muridke and Bhawalpur and other camps have been struck.
02:01And the Indian armed forces have taken care that only the terror camps have been struck,
02:10no military installation has been struck, and no civilian targets have been struck.
02:13So I think this has demolished a lot of the doctrines that Pakistan was harboring,
02:18that they can continue to bleed India through terrorism, and that India will not react.
02:22Earlier today also, Secretary Vikram Misri, along with Colonel Sophia Qureshi and Wing Commander Yomika Singh,
02:31has addressed a press conference where they have mentioned the line of action, how it was carried out.
02:39What would you like to say on that?
02:40So there again, you know, two women officers briefing the media, and we have Operation Sindhu.
02:48So there's significance, you know, the huge significance.
02:53And I think it was a very crisp, to-the-point briefing.
02:57They elucidated what were the aims, what were the objectives, what are the targets.
03:03And the summary was given by the Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, who summed up the situation extremely well.
03:10So I think extremely, very well-articulated press conference, very professional,
03:14and put across India's point of view for the international community very well.
03:19Sir, now Operation Sindhu, how do you see Pakistan is going to react, in your point of view?
03:26Yeah. So, you know, Pakistan being Pakistan, will certainly react.
03:30And I think the reaction will be within 24 to 36 hours.
03:34But Pakistan's problem is going to be, what targets do they pick in India?
03:40There are no terror training camps in India.
03:42So what do they target?
03:44If they target civilian population, if they target military targets,
03:47then India will go up the escalatory ladder and will hit them back.
03:52So it is, but it is necessary for them to hit, because for Aasem Munir,
03:57when he carried out this Behlgaam attack, he thought that India will attack, retaliate militarily,
04:02like after Balakot and Ori, they will retaliate and the matter will be settled.
04:06But in the process, he would have united the country behind him,
04:10because he is on the back foot, because they are not able to control the situation in Balochistan or in Kaivar Pakhtunkhwa.
04:17So he thought this, putting the tensions with India, will help him consolidate his own position in Pakistan.
04:24Now he is in a very weak wicket, because first India has responded through the non-kinetic measure of stopping the water of the Indus,
04:30which is hurting them, and will hurt them much more in the future.
04:34So he has to respond militarily.
04:36So what target does he respond to?
04:39I just hope they are not foolish enough to target a dam, you know,
04:43because the water of the dam will flow into Pakistan, it won't flow back into India.
04:48So he must be wondering, or like what they did after Balakot,
04:52that they fire a missile which lands in an area which is not populated,
04:56somewhere in the Rajasthan Desert or somewhere else.
04:59So Pakistan will react within 24 to 36 hours,
05:04but what target they choose will decide whether we go up the escalation ladder
05:10or the situation gets diffused down.
05:13Sir, another question would be India's positioning as of now, after the operations endured.
05:21Where do you think in the world spectrum, where does India stand with this?
05:25I think the international community has been very supportive of India.
05:28Everybody realizes that, you know, India had to react because of the terrorist incidents.
05:32After all, 26 of our innocent people have been killed in a cold-blooded manner and in a communal manner after asking their religion.
05:41So there is a lot of sympathy for India and I think the international community also understands.
05:46Yes, publicly they will make the noises like exercise restraint, open negotiations, talk,
05:52but they all realize that, you know, you cannot mess around with a country of the size and stature of India
05:58and then expect that nothing will happen.
06:00And this talk in the case of Pakistan that we are ready for a neutral inquiry and a transparent inquiry,
06:07everybody has said nothing of the sort, you know, that you have to face the consequences of what you have done.
06:13I was just going to ask, my next question would be, US President Donald Trump has also made a statement saying it's a shame,
06:20but we just heard about it and I guess people knew something was going to happen based on the little bit past that they have.
06:27I hope it ends very quickly.
06:30While the US President has made the statement like this,
06:32China has termed India's airstrike in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir regrettable
06:38and urged both sides to exercise restraint and avoid further escalation.
06:42Yeah, so President Trump's statement is very clear that, you know, India has done what it needed to do
06:49and then he hopes there will be no escalation.
06:52In the case of China, the only thing which will be music to Pakistan's ears is to use the word regrettable.
06:59Other than that, it's a bland statement that both sides should exercise restraint.
07:02I think Pakistan is going to be disappointed with the statement that China has made.
07:07In fact, Turkey has made a much stronger statement.
07:10But China's statement, Pakistan is going to be disappointed.
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