‘The next day of the Pahalgam attack, the Chief of the three armies was ready for Operation Sindoor’, Rajnath Singh revealed

On the very next day of the Pahalgam attack, on 23 April, the three wings of the country’s Army (Army, Air Force and Navy) were ready for the operation against Pakistan. This disclosure has been made by Defense Minister Rajnath Singh himself. Rajnath Singh himself said that till 3-4 months ago no one had even thought about the war.

Addressing a program of civil-employees of the Ministry of Defense held in the capital Delhi, Rajnath Singh said that for the first time in the history of independent India, it happened that army chiefs had demanded any kind of weapon or no complaint before performing a big operation.

All three army chiefs agreed to war

The Defense Minister said that the next day of the Pahalgam attack, when the three army chiefs discussed further strategy and asked if the armies of the country are ready for the operation against Pakistan. The three army chiefs immediately agreed to the operation.

It is worth noting that for the 1971 war, the then Army Chief General (later Field Marshal) Sam Manekshaw sought 6 months time for preparations. Even during the Kargil war, the then Army Chief General VP Malik had given a statement with the weapons that will fight the war. That is, General Malik objected to not being a modern weapon.

The support of the country behind the bravery of the army

Calling the civil-defense employees of the Ministry of Defense, Rajnath Singh said that ‘Whenever the army fights war, behind its valor, in a way, the whole country is supported. A soldier fights war, but in a way the whole country and the entire system are fighting war with that soldier. That is why I am discussing the subject of war with you, because your contribution in the strategy of war and its preparation is very important.

The Defense Minister said that the importance of civil-militant coordination has increased in today’s time, because today’s world has become very uncertain. Today we cannot guess that there will be no tension in future areas of the world where there is peace. Think for yourself, three-four months ago, where did we think that we will have to do operation vermilion sometime. Where did we think that circumstances like war will stand at our door.

Army got back-end support

Rajnath Singh said that during Operation Sindoor, we saw how you (civil employees) also gave back-end support to our army. Different departments of the Ministry of Defense also played all their roles well, due to which we could carry out such successful operations.

During this, Rajnath Singh took a dig at and said that there is hardly any position in the government, which I have not played, whether here (Ministry of Defense) or Ministry of Home Affairs, except one up to one, i.e. PMO.

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