Playing with blood of Indians will cost Pak dearly: PM Modi

PTI, BIKANER, MAY 22, 2025 :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the country's enemies have learned what happens when 'sindoor' becomes gunpowder and lauded India's armed forces for creating such a trap that Pakistan was forced to go down on its knees.

In his first public address in Rajasthan after Operation Sindoor, which was launched in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Prime Minister slammed Pakistan and said in response to the attack on April 22, "We destroyed nine of the biggest terror hideouts in 22 minutes."

"The world and the enemies of the country have seen what happens when 'sindoor' turns into 'barood' (gunpowder)," he said at the public meeting in Palana, Bikaner, which shares a border with Pakistan.

"Ab toh Modi ki naso mein lahu nahi, garam sindoor beh raha hai (Not blood, but sindoor runs in Modi's veins)," he said, adding that Pakistan will have to pay a heavy price for every terrorist attack.

The Prime Minister emphasized that India’s response to the terror attack was not a game of vengeance but a "new form of justice" and stated that there would be no trade or talks with Pakistan, only discussions about Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

In a stern message to Pakistan, he said India will not be scared by nuclear threats, and if there is a terrorist attack on the country, it will give a befitting reply.

"If there is a terrorist attack on India, it will get a befitting reply. The time and methods will also be decided by our Army, and the conditions will also be ours. India is not going to be scared by the threat of an atom bomb," he said.

"Thirdly, we will not see the perpetrators of terror and the governments patronizing the terrorists separately. We will consider them as one," he added, outlining three key "sutras" from Operation Sindoor.

The Prime Minister remarked that Pakistan’s strategy of using both state and non-state actors will no longer work. Lauding the armed forces for carrying out Operation Sindoor, he said, "Our government gave a free hand to all three armed forces. Together they created such a trap that Pakistan was forced to go down on its knees."

Noting that Pakistan had tried to target the Nal air base in Bikaner but failed to cause any damage, he added, "No one knows when Pakistan's Rahimyar Khan airbase will open again. It is in ICU. The attack has destroyed it."

"Pakistan can never win a direct fight against India. Whenever there is a direct fight, Pakistan has to face defeat again and again. That is why Pakistan has made terrorism a weapon to fight against India," he said.

Modi recalled his public rally in Rajasthan's Churu after the 2019 Balakot airstrike, stating that he had then vowed, "Saugandh mujhe is mitti ki, mein desh nahin jhukne dunga, mein desh nahi mitne dunga (I took an oath that I would not let the country bow down, I would not let the country perish)."

"Today, from the land of Rajasthan, I want to say to the countrymen that those who set out to erase sindoor have been wiped out. Those who shed the blood of Hindustan have paid for every drop of it. Those who were proud of their weapons are now buried under a pile of rubble," he said.

"This is not a game of vengeance, but this is a new form of justice. This is Operation Sindoor. This is not just anger, this is the fierce form of a capable India. This is the new form of India," he concluded.