"Somewhere we were giving them checkmate & somewhere we were going for kill" ::::: Army chief Gen Dwivedi mocks Pakistan for claiming 'win' against India ::::: Says -- "...a small name Operation Sindoor connects the whole nation... That is something which galvanised India"

Army chief  Gen Upendra Dwivedi likened Operation Sindoor to a game of chess and mocked Pakistan's 'Operation Sindoor narrative management

'Operation Sindoor' demonstrated India's capacity for high-precision, coordinated military action -- that successfully dismantled terrorist infrastructure and restored deterrence against state-sponsored cross-border terrorism.

He described Operation Sindoor as a 'grey zone' mission where both sides made unpredictable moves, posing significant operational challenges for India's forces against Pakistan. 

"On (April) 23rd, we all sat down. This is the first time that RM (Defence Minister Rajnath Singh) said, 'enough is enough'. All three chiefs were very clear that something had to be done. The free hand was given, 'you decide what is to be done.' 

That is the kind of confidence, political direction and political clarity we saw for the first time," Dwivedi said at an event at the IIT Madras, Chennai.

"Somewhere we were giving them the checkmate and somewhere we were going in for the kill at the risk of losing our own but that's life is all about".

On naming the mission ‘Operation Sindoor,’ General Dwivedi said it was something that galvanised the nation.

"It is important that how a small name Op Sindoor connects the whole nation... That is something which galvanised the whole nation... That is the reason the whole nation was saying why have you stopped? That question was being asked and it has been amply answered," he added.

Operation Sindoor, the targeted military campaign launched by India, involved precision strikes against terrorist infrastructure and camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. 

The Indian armed forces, operating with a free hand from the government, used a combination of air and missile strikes to hit nine specific targets.  

Operation Sindoor was unlike any conventional mission, with the Army uncertain of the enemy's next move, making it akin to a game of chess. 

Yet, India delivered a decisive checkmate, securing victory against Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Upendra Dwivedi said. He slammed Islamabad’s ploy to portray itself as the victor in the conflict through its narrative management.

"In Operation Sindoor, we played chess... We did not know what the enemy's next move was going to be, and what we were going to do. This is called greyzone. 

Greyzone means that we are not going for conventional operations. What we are doing is just short of a conventional operation... We were making the chess moves, and he (enemy) was also making the chess moves," the Army chief remarked.  

The mission 'Operation Sindoor' was a clear case of India's decisive victory.

The mission could inflict long term damage to Pakistan's terror infra structures.

"Some of their airports are still in ICU," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Lok Sabha last week.

It was India's 'victory' -- militarily and psychologically. 

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