NEW DELHI/BHUJ: The Indian military successfully achieved all the objectives of Operation Sindoor and starting a war with Pakistan by escalating the situation was not its aim, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, nearly five months after the conflict between the two neighbours.

In an address to a group of soldiers in Gujarat’s Bhuj, Singh said India’s fight against cross-border terrorism will continue.

The defence minister performed a ‘shastra puja’ (worship of weapons) on the occasion of Dussehra.

In his remarks, Singh said Pakistan made an unsuccessful attempt to penetrate India’s defence system during Operation Sindoor, but the Indian military “exposed” the Pakistani air defence apparatus and sent a message to the world that it can inflict heavy losses on the adversary.

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