'This was our bravery...' After PM Modi, Rajnath Singh cites Jaish commanders confession to hail Op Sindoor

Rajnath Singh on Jaish-e-Mohammad's Statement: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today highlighted the latest admission by Jaish-e-Mohammad related to Op Sindoor strikes by Indian army. Highlighting the same, Rajnath Singh said, how under the leadership of PM Modi, no power can "dare to challenge India's sovereignty". 

Addressing a public gathering in Hyderabad the Defence Minister stated that how a Jaish-e-Mohammed commander had accepted that the family of the terrorist Masood Azhar was "destroyed" into pieces during the May 7 operation Sindoor by India, in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.

Union Minister's Statement

In his statement the the Union Minister said, "The commander of the terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed has admitted that during the Bahawalpur attack during Operation Sindoor, the family of dreaded terrorist Masood Azhar was destroyed. This was the bravery and courage of our Indian Army soldiers. A video of this was also released yesterday. Under the leadership of our Prime Minister Modi, India's strength has grown even further. Therefore, no power can dare to challenge India's sovereignty."

Rajnath Singh was speaking at the event held to mark the 78th anniversary of Hyderabad Liberation Day. 

Further in his address he said, "There are some people who say that this ceasefire between India and Pakistan came to be put in place due to someone's interference. I want to make this clear: our action against the terrorists was not postponed because of anyone's interference. Operation Sindoor has been postponed. If any terrorist incident occurs, Operation Sindoor will resume. I want to tell this with confidence to the people of the entire country that regarding stopping this ongoing operation between India and Pakistan, some people claim that we have stopped it, but no one has stopped it." 

On Tuesday, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander admitted that Indian army “tore into pieces” the family of terror mastermind Masood Azhar during the Op Sindoor strikes in Bahawalpur. A video of the same surfaced on the social media platform, in which JeM commander Masood Ilyas Kashmiri can be seen recalling the May 7 assault, and stating how Indian forces blowed up their hideout.

“Embracing terrorism, we fought Delhi, Kabul and Kandahar for protecting the borders of this country. After sacrificing everything, on May 7, Maulana Masood Azhar's family was torn apart by Indian forces in Bahawalpur,” Kashmiri can be heard saying in Urdu.