‘Operation Sindoor’ was planned after Uri terror attack in 2016: Army Chief General Upendra Dwived

STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 22 (STC): The foundation for ‘Operation Sindoor’ was laid down in 2016 soon after Pakistan sponsored terrorists attacked an Army camp near Line of Control (LoC) at Uri in North Kashmir’s Baramulla District.
This was disclosed by the Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi today, ad reported by a cross section of media. The Army Chief was speaking at the unveiling of “Civil Military Fusion as a Metric of National Power and Comprehensive Security” book and “Portraits of Valour: Timeless Military Art” coffee table book by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
“Higher command course always talks about ‘why’. Three things which I picked up from him [Lt Gen Raj Shukla (Retd)] at that point in time…The second thing was the foundation for Operation Sindoor. At that time (in 2016) Uri had happened and he conducted a detailed discussion and various options, how should we go about this situation which comes in future,” he said.
Referring to ‘Operation Sindoor’ that was launched to avenge April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 civilians dead, the Army Chief said that when the situation was discussed with him it was nothing new as when the Uri attack had happened all the options were discussed to deal with the situations that could arise in future. “So, I must concede very frankly, when this situation came to me, it was a very normal thing for me because I had already seen this earlier.”
Pertinently, earlier this month the Army Chief had issued a fierce warning to Pakistan. “If the neighbouring country continues to support terrorism it will lose its geographical presence. If Pakistan wants to retain its place on the map, it must stop state-sponsored terrorism,” the Army Chief had said speaking at an Army post in Rajasthan’s Anupgarh.
He had maintained that the Indian forces won’t show any restraint this time, hinting that a second version of ‘Operation Sindoor’ wouldn’t be far away if Islamabad refuses to med its ways.
(Straight Talk Communications)