Doval Condemns biased reportage on India’s successful strikes against Pakistan
Says “Images only showed 13 air bases in Pak before, after 10th May”
“We decided to hit 9 terrorist targets deep inside Pak, missed none, We are proud of our indigenous weapons”
Chennai: National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval on Friday launched a scathing attack on foreign media for its biased reportage on India’s successful ‘Operation Sindoor’ against Pakistan.
Speaking at the 62nd convocation of IIT Madras, NSA Doval, said “Foreign press said that Pakistan did that and this…You tell me one photograph, one image, which shows any damage to any Indian (structure), even a glass pane having been broken.”
Referring to the damage caused to air bases in Pakistan, NSA Doval said, “They (foreign media) wrote these things and put out things. The images only showed 13 air bases in Pakistan before and after 10th May, whether it was in Sargodha, Rahim Yar Khan, Chaklala. I am only telling you what the foreign media put out on the basis of images. We are capable of doing that (damage to Pakistani air bases).”
Hailing India’s precision in hitting its targets in the criss-cross of Pakistan on May 7, in response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 civilians dead, the National Security Advisor said that the armed forces “hit nowhere else except the targets.”
The NSA said, “We decided to hit nine terrorist targets deep inside Pakistan, not near the border. We missed none. No unintended location was struck and each target was selected based on specific intelligence.”
“The operation began on May 7 and ended on May 10 after both sides reached an understanding to stop military action,” Doval said.
Lauding the indigenous weapons used during ‘Operation Sindoor’ the National Security Advisor said, “We are proud of how much indigenous content we used. BrahMos was part of it.”
He said India must continue to develop its own defence and technology infrastructure. “We have to develop our indigenous technology,” he added.
The NSA also spoke about India’s development of 5G technology. He said, “China took 12 years and $300 billion to develop 5G. We didn’t have that time or money. The government worked with IIT Madras and private companies to build a fully indigenous 5G system. Today, India’s 5G has nothing foreign in it,” he added
