The North News
Bikaner, May 22
In a fiery address following Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Pakistan has been forced to “go down on its knees” due to India’s robust national security response. Speaking at his first public rally after the operation, held in Bikaner, Rajasthan, Modi warned that if Pakistan continues to support and export terrorism, it will be left “begging for every last penny.”
The Prime Minister said New Delhi had made it “unequivocally clear” that Pakistan would pay a heavy price for every act of terrorism targeting India — a cost he said would be borne not only by Pakistan’s military but also by its crumbling economy.
“Pakistan will not receive a single drop of water from India’s share,” Modi said, referring to the Indus Waters Treaty. “The days of playing with the blood of Indians are over. Now it will come at a steep price.”
Modi’s speech marked a shift in tone from strategic ambiguity to direct confrontation. He accused Pakistan of failing in direct warfare and resorting to using terrorists as proxies.
“No water, no talks, no trade,” he said. “If talks happen, they will only be about Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK),” he added.
Standing before a charged crowd, Modi said, “Pakistan has forgotten that Modi — the servant of Mother India — is standing here with his head held high. Modi’s mind stays cool, but Modi’s blood is hot. There is no blood in my veins now, only hot vermillion.”
The Prime Minister outlined the three pillars of India’s post-Sindoor security doctrine include any terror attack on India will invite a decisive response, India is not afraid of nuclear threats and terror organizations, and the state actors that shelter them will be treated as one and the same.
He dismissed Pakistan’s longstanding strategy of blaming “non-state actors” for violence, saying that distinction is now irrelevant. “Pakistan’s game of state and non-state actors will no longer work,” he said.
Modi further described Operation Sindoor not as an act of vengeance, but as a “new form of justice.” “This isn’t a game of revenge. This is the fierce expression of a resurgent India. We first struck inside their homes, and now we’ve struck directly at their chest,” he said.
