"In future, if any such activity is perpetrated, response will be calibrated, direct": Manish Tewari slams Pak in Doha

Doha [Qatar], May 26 (ANI): Congress MP Manish Tewari, who is part of an all-party delegation on a diplomatic mission to key capitals to highlight India's stand on terrorism, said in no uncertain terms that India will spare no effort to denude the infrastructure of terror across the border in case of any terror attack in the future.
The Congress veteran said that "India exercised its option of acting in its best self-defence" while referring to Operation Sindoor, launched by the Indian armed forces in response to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack.
"Since 1972, we have a clear template that if there is any outstanding issue between India and Pakistan, it has to be resolved bilaterally. There is no place or scope for any third-party mediation at all. Unfortunately, you are confronted with a situation where Pakistan is not a country with a military, but unfortunately, a military which has a country. What happened between 7-10 May was India exercising its option of acting in its best self-defence. The infrastructure of terror needs to be dismantled and India reserves the right, if in future, any such activity is perpetrated, the response will be calibrated, direct, and no effort will be spared to dendetonate ute the infrastructure of terror across the border," the Congress leader said.
He also referred to the cessation of military hostilities following a call made by Pakistan's DGMO on May 10.
"Let us very clearly understand that the word mediation carries with it a certain structured legal connotation. Talking to both the countries or their interlocutors at a point in time when there are tensions, does not really constitute mediation. The only channel which was used was the two DGMOs talking to each other. The call was made by Pakistan's DGMO on 10 May," he clarified.
Responding to a question, Bharatiya Janata Party MP, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, who was present at the session, said, " Our presence here is to tell, that look we have not come asking for things from anyone, this is what Mr (Anand) Sharma called 'preventive diplomacy'. That we are the targets, we are the victims and please realise what is happening there with the neighbours. We have other neighbours also. We have no issues. We live happily."
"We are going to respond to any act of terror. The bogey of nuclear weapons is not going to affect us because we have the doctrine of what we call 'No First' that happened during (Atal Bihari) Vajpayee's tenure," he added.
In a diplomatic outreach following Operation Sindoor, the Modi government has formed seven multi-party delegations to inform nations about Pakistan's links to terrorism and India's strong message of zero tolerance for terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
Operation Sindoor was launched on May 7 as a decisive military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack by Pak-sponsored terrorists, in which 26 people were brutally killed. Indian Armed Forces targeted terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the elimination of over 100 terrorists affiliated with groups including Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen. (ANI)