{"id":7209,"date":"2025-09-25T18:09:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=7209"},"modified":"2025-09-25T18:09:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T12:39:40","slug":"operation-sindoor-2016-surgical-strike-2019-balakot-air-strike-are-proof-that-india-chooses-the-path-of-hard-power-when-negotiations-fail-raksha-mantri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=7209","title":{"rendered":"Operation Sindoor, 2016 Surgical Strike & 2019 Balakot Air Strike are proof that India chooses the path of hard power when negotiations fail: Raksha Mantri"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Operation Sindoor, 2016 Surgical Strike & 2019 Balakot Air Strike are proof that India chooses the path of hard power when negotiations fail: Raksha Mantri<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Posted On: 17 SEP 2025 3:33PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cOperation Sindoor<\/em>,\u00a02016 Surgical Strike and 2019 Balakot Air Strike are\u00a0<\/em>proof that India\u2019s patience is its strength not weakness, and we choose the path of hard power when negotiations fail to yield any solution,\u201d said Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh during the Hyderabad Liberation Day event on September 17, 2025. Speaking in Hyderabad, Telangana, he asserted that while the strong and resolute\u00a0New India<\/em>, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, believes in dialogue, it knows how to give a befitting reply to those who fail to understand the language of peace and goodwill.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Raksha Mantri pointed out that while terrorists killed innocent citizens in Pahalgam based on their\u00a0dharma,\u00a0<\/em>the Indian Armed Forces killed terrorists and destroyed their hideouts in Pakistan & PoK during\u00a0Operation Sindoor\u00a0<\/em>based on their\u00a0karma<\/em>. Crediting the valour and dedication of the Armed Forces for the successful execution, he reiterated that the operation is only on hold, and it will resume in full force in case another terrorist activity is orchestrated from across the border. He emphasised that India rejected third party intervention over the ceasefire during Operation Sindoor, stating that no third party can interfere in India\u2019s internal matters.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Shri Rajnath Singh also hailed the role of Sardar Vallabbhai Patel as \u2018Iron man\u2019 in uniting North and South India. Pointing out that Hyderabad Liberation Day and PM Modi\u2019s birthday fall on 17 September, he said that, \u201cJust like Sardar Patel, our Prime Minister is working to strengthen India culturally, socially, spiritually and economically.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Raksha Mantri credited PM Modi with transforming the nation and exuded confidence that India will soon become the world\u2019s third-largest economy. \u201cToday, India does not take dictation from anyone; it writes its own script,\u2019 he said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Shri Rajnath Singh commended the courage of those who participated in Operation Polo, stating that it was not merely a military operation; it was Sardar Patel\u2019s decisive blow that shattered the Razakars\u2019 conspiracy and brought Hyderabad back to India. He termed the success of Operation Polo and the merger of Hyderabad with India as a glorious chapter which demonstrated to the world that India has always been both capable and powerful in protecting its unity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust as the Razakars\u2019 conspiracy collapsed in 1948, Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and its agents have failed today. India has again given a befitting reply with\u00a0Operation Sindoor<\/em>. We have again proved that our unity and cultural diversity are our greatest strength,\u201d added Raksha Mantri.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the event, Shri Rajnath Singh also visited the Hyderabad Liberation Day Photo Exhibition organised by Central Bureau of Communication, Hyderabad. Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Minister For Coal & Mines Shri G Kishan Reddy and Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar were among the dignitaries who attended the event.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Operation Sindoor, 2016 Surgical Strike & 2019 Balakot Air Strike are proof that India chooses the path of hard power when negotiations fail: Raksha Mantri Posted On: 17 SEP 2025 3:33PM by PIB Delhi \u201cOperation Sindoor,\u00a02016 Surgical Strike and 2019 Balakot Air Strike are\u00a0proof that India\u2019s patience is its strength not weakness, and we choose …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7211,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209\/revisions\/7211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}