Prime Minister Narendra Modi being accorded a Guard of Honour throughout the 79th Independence Day event at the Red Fort, in New Delhi, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025.
Hailing’Operation Sindoor ‘, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday stated India has actually now set a “new normal” of not distinguishing in between terrorists and those who support terrorism, asserting that the nation has actually chosen it will not endure nuclear blackmail any longer and will offer a befitting reply to the opponent.
Providing his address to the country from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 79th Independence Day in which he offered a stern caution to Pakistan, Modi stated Operation Sindoor was a symptom of the anger that the nation was feeling over the Pahalgam horror attack in which terrorists from throughout the border performed a gruesome massacre, eliminating individuals after asking their religious beliefs.
Modi likewise asserted that now “blood and water will not flow together” and stated individuals now understand that the Indus Waters Treaty was “one-sided and unjust”
“Rivers from India were irrigating the lands of enemies while my country’s land faced a deficiency of water. For the last seven decades, this agreement harmed the interests of farmers,” he included.
Discussing Operation Sindoor, Modi stated that after April 22, the militaries were provided a liberty to select technique, goal and timing and the militaries did what had actually not been provided for years.
“Terror headquarters inside hundreds of kilometres inside enemy territory were destroyed. Terror infrastructure was turned to rubble. Pakistan still has sleepless nights. The destruction there is so much that new revelations are coming to the fore,” he stated.
Keeping in mind that the nation has actually been struggling with horror for years, Modi stated India has actually now developed a “new normal” of not distinguishing in between terrorists and those who support terrorism as they are both opponents of humankind.
“India has decided that it will not tolerate nuclear blackmail. For a long time, nuclear blackmail had been going on but this will not be tolerated now.”
Modi asserted that opponents of the nation will be provided a befitting reply moving forward.
“Today, there is a special importance of August 15. I feel proud that from the ramparts of the Red Fort, I got the opportunity to salute the braveheart soldiers of Operation Sindoor. Our bravehearts have given such a punishment to our enemies that they never imagined,” he stated in his 12th successive Independence Day address to the country.
India introduced Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terrorist facilities in areas managed by Pakistan in reaction to the Pahalgam horror attack on April 22 in which 26 individuals, primarily terrorists, were eliminated.
The strikes set off 4 days of extreme clashes that ended with an understanding on stopping the military actions on May 10.
In his address, Modi likewise stated India’s Constitution has actually been an assisting light revealing the method for the last 75 years.
Modi hailed the contribution of the similarity Rajendra Prasad, BR Ambedkar, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and S Radhakrishnan. He stated Nari Shakti’s contribution has actually been no less. “I pay tributes to the constitution makers.”
Keeping In Mind that SP Mookherjee’s 125th birth anniversary is being commemorated, the prime minister stated Mookherjee had actually compromised significantly for the Constitution.
“By bringing down the wall of Article 370 we realised the mantra of ‘Ek Desh, Ek Samvidhan’.” Previously, the Prime Minister likewise commemorated Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat on the 79th Independence Day. The style for this year’s events is ‘Naya Bharat’.
Released on August 15, 2025
