Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 7 : Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed his appreciation for the Indian forces involved in Operation Sindoor, calling it a significant success.
"I want to thank and congratulate our forces for entering Pakistan and hitting nine precise targets, the establishments of dreaded terrorists," Fadnavis said.
He particularly acknowledged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying, "I want to especially thank PM Narendra Modi. He has stood up to his promises."
CM Fadnavis highlighted, "The precision with which the targets were hit, there has been no civilian casualty, and only terrorists have been hit."
The CM also referred to the broader support India has received globally, calling it the country's "biggest achievement." "The global community stands with India, and this is our biggest achievement," Fadnavis added, connecting the operation to the revenge for the targeted killings in Pahalgam.
The name "Operation Sindoor," Fadnavis explained, symbolised India's avenging the grief of widowed sisters. "The name, Operation Sindoor, highlights that India has avenged the grief of our widowed sisters," he said.
Fadnavis also said that security and vigilance remain high across the state. "We are very alert- including administration, police and civil defence," he stated.
Fadnavis criticised opposition leaders who had mocked the Rafale fighter jet deal, calling them "fools."
"They (opposition leaders who mocked the Rafale fighters) are fools, there is nothing else I can call them," he said.
In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Indian Armed Forces launched a strike at the terror hideouts deep inside Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Jammu and Kashmir under 'Operation Sindoor' on Wednesday morning. Wing Commander Vyomika Singh informed that a total of nine terror sites were targeted and successfully destroyed. She asserted that the locations were selected so that there was no damage to civilians and their infrastructure.
"Operation Sindoor was launched by the Indian Armed Forces to deliver justice to the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack and their families. Nine terrorist camps were targeted and successfully destroyed... The locations were so selected to avoid damage to civilian infrastructures and loss of any civilian lives," Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said.
Meanwhile, during a press briefing, Col Sofiya Qureshi presented the videos of the destruction of terror camps, including from the Muridke and where David Headley and Ajmal Kasab, perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, received training.
Other than Muridke, Sarjal camp in Sialkot, Markaz Ahle Hadith, Barnala and Markaz Abbas, Kotli and Mehmoona Joya camp, Sialkot, were targeted in the strikes conducted by the Indian Army, Col Qureshi informed.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that the attack on Pahalgam was driven by an objective of undermining the return of normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir.
"The attack in Pahalgam was marked with extreme barbarity, with the victims mostly killed with head shots at close range and in front of their family...the family members were deliberately traumatised through the manner of killing, accompanied by the exhortation that they should take back the message. The attack was clearly driven by the objective of undermining normalcy returning to Kashmir," he said.