India-Pakistan conflict: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday drew a striking parallel between India’s recent Operation Sindoor and the US military’s killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011. Addressing an event at Jaipuria institutions, Dhankhar described the Indian strikes on nine terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as the “deepest-ever cross-border strike” by India.
Referring to the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States, Dhankhar said that just as the US forces had “dealt with” the global terrorist responsible for that attack, India has similarly taken decisive action against terror threats on its borders. Without naming Osama bin Laden, he emphasized that “Bharat has done it. And done it to the knowledge of the world.”
Dhankhar hailed the operation as setting a new “global benchmark” by targeting terrorism while upholding the spirit of peace. He noted that for the first time, precision strikes were carried out deep across the International Border on strongholds of terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, resulting only in the neutralization of terrorists.
Speaking about the Pahalgam terror attack in April, which claimed 26 lives, Dhankhar highlighted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message from Bihar following the incident was not empty rhetoric. He described the Pahalgam strike as the deadliest attack on civilians since the 2008 Mumbai attacks and termed India’s retaliation through Operation Sindoor as “remarkable,” reflecting the country’s ethos of peace and tranquility in the face of barbarity.