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Informist, Wednesday, May 7, 2025

--Govt calls all-party meeting at 1100 IST, Thu

NEW DELHI – The government has called an all-party meeting Thursday in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said Wednesday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah will brief leaders of all the parties on the strikes carried out by the armed forces on nine terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir early Wednesday. The meeting will be held at the Parliament Library building in New Delhi at 1100 IST Thursday.

The Indian armed forces launched the military strike codenamed Operation Sindoor between 0105 IST and 0130 IST Wednesday. Armed forces neutralised terrorist targets across Bahawalpur, Muridke, Tehra Kalan, Kotli, Barnala and Muzzafarabad. According to a statement by the Air Force and Army, the Sawai Nala camp in Muzaffarabad was a training centre for Lashkar-e-Taiba. "Terrorists involved in the attack in Sonmarg on Oct. 20, in Gulmarg on Oct. 24, and in Pahalgam on Apr. 22, were all trained here," Indian Air Force Wing Commander Vyomika Singh said in a press briefing.

According to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, strikes were carried out to deter and pre-empt more cross-border terrorist attacks. He said the agencies had intelligence of further attacks against India. "Our intelligence monitoring of Pakistan-based terrorist modules indicated that further attacks against India were impending. India exercised its right to respond and pre-empt as well as deter more such cross-border attacks," he said. The foreign secretary also called the Indian action as "non-escalatory, measure, proportionate, and responsible."

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting of the Union Cabinet and the Cabinet Committee on Security. According to sources, the defence ministry briefed participants about Operation Sindoor during the meeting.  End

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

Reported by Kuldeep Singh

Edited by Nishant Maher

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