"Operation Sindoor was a fantastic name, reflects pain of widows": NSAB member Tilak Devasher

Gurugram (Haryana) [India], May 8 (ANI): National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) member Tilak Devasher on Wednesday applauded the Indian Armed Forces for the successful execution of Operation Sindoor, which targeted nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).
Speaking to ANI, Devasher praised the name of the operation, calling it "fantastic".
"The name of the Operation Sindoor, I think, was a fantastic name, as for the Indian culture and civilisation, the meaning of sindoor and what it means to married women in our civilisation. So the government has articulated those feelings of those poor ladies whose husbands were killed in front of their eyes, what it means to them."
"So I think that's an amazing title for the operation that was given. I think India has gone beyond Pakistan's doctrine that terror under the nuclear overhang or without a conventional response, we can continue to do that," he added.
Devasher highlighted that the Indian armed forces did not strike any military installations or civilian targets.
"We had established deterrence after Balakot, but that deterrence seems to have broken down. Pakistan decided to gamble once again to resort to terrorism, and India has demolished that belief, and not one, not two, but 9 camps have been struck in the so-called, you know, in POJK as well as in mainstream Punjab," he added.
"The Indian armed forces have taken care that only the terror camps have been struck. No military installation has been struck, and no civilian targets have been struck. So I think this has demolished a lot of the doctrines that Pakistan was harbouring that they can continue to bleed India through terrorism and that India will not react," Devasher further asserted.
On further escalation of the conflict, he said, "Pakistan will certainly react, and I think the reaction will be within 24 to 36 hours, but Pakistan's problem is going to be. What targets do they pick in India? There are no terror training camps in India. So what do they target? If they target the civilian population or they target military targets. Then India will go up the escalatory ladder, and we hit them back."
On Wednesday, the Indian Armed Forces shared details about Operation Sindoor, a precise strike mission to destroy terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoJK in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
The information was shared in the media briefing consisting of Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh and Col Sophiya Qureshi. While speaking to the media, Wing Commander Vyomika Singh, who briefed the media along with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Col Sofiya Qureshi said that the 'Operation Sindoor' was launched to deliver justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and their families.
Meanwhile, fifteen innocent civilians have been killed and 43 injured in artillery firing by the Pakistan Army since yesterday night, which has hit civilian areas in Poonch and Tangdhar, defence sources said on Wednesday.
Pakistan Army has targeted civilian areas in the border areas. The shelling caused panic among villagers and damaged several houses.
Officials said the shelling caused panic among villagers and damaged several houses.
Shelling by Pakistan damaged civilian infrastructure, shattered window panes and cracked walls.
Visuals from the scene showed damaged civilian infrastructure, shattered window panes, cracked walls, and debris scattered across the lanes of the village. (ANI)