East Medinipur (West Bengal) [India], May 13 : Suvendu Adhikari, the leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation, asserting that after Operation Sindoor, all "patriots" should join the BJP.
Speaking to ANI, Adhikari lauded the Indian Armed Forces for giving a befitting reply to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.
"BJP is a nation-first party. All those who are nationalists will have to come along with PM Modi. After Operation Sindoor, all patriots should join the BJP. The PM gave a very good speech yesterday. The Indian Army gave a befitting reply during Operation Sindoor. Our Army has erased many family members of Masood Azhar," the BJP leader said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday 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".
Addressing the nation, 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.
In Operation Sindoor on May 7, 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.
PM Modi said that the Indian Air Force, Army, Navy, Border Security Force, and India's paramilitary forces are constantly on alert.
"After the surgical strike and air strike, now Operation Sindoor is India's policy against terrorism. Operation Sindoor has carved out a new benchmark in our fight against terrorism and has set up a new parameter and new normal," he said.
"First, If there is a terrorist attack on India, a fitting reply will be given. We will give a befitting response on our terms only. We will take strict action at every place from where the roots of terrorism emerge. Secondly, India will not tolerate any nuclear blackmail. India will strike precisely and decisively at the terrorist hideouts developing under the cover of nuclear blackmail," he added.