Date: 2025-05-17Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah inaugurates and lays the foundation stone of various development works worth ₹ 708 crore in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat and addresses the benefit distribution program of the Department of Posts
On May 17, 2025, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated development projects worth ₹708 crore in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, and addressed a Postal Department benefit distribution program. He highlighted Prime Minister Modi's focus on national development and security, citing a strong response to terrorist attacks. Specifically, he discussed "Operation Sindoor," a counter-terrorism operation launched in response to the Pahalgam attack, which involved destroying terrorist headquarters within Pakistan. Shah emphasized the strength of India's armed forces and air defense system, stating that they successfully retaliated against Pakistani aggression and that the world is recognizing India's military capabilities and political will. He further added, that by naming the antiterrorism campaign as 'Operation Sindoor', PM Modi has given the message to the world that 'Sindoor is the sanskar of India'.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Home Affairs: The government ministry, likely of India, responsible for internal security and home affairs.
Union Home Minister: The title of the minister in charge of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Minister of Cooperation: A ministerial portfolio, likely within the Indian government.
Shri Amit Shah: The individual holding the positions of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation.
Gandhinagar: The capital city of Gujarat, India, where development works were inaugurated.
Gujarat: A state in India.
Department of Posts: A government department involved in postal services.
PM Modi: Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.
India: The country which is the primary subject of the policy document.
Pakistan: A neighboring country of India, frequently mentioned in the context of military actions and terrorism.
Air Force: A branch of the armed forces of India.
Navy: A branch of the armed forces of India.
Army: A branch of the armed forces of India.
Operation Sindoor: An antiterrorism campaign conducted by India.
Pahalgam: A location where a terror attack occurred, triggering Operation Sindoor.
JaisheMohammed: A terrorist organization.
LashkareTaiba: A terrorist organization.
PIB Delhi: Press Information Bureau, Delhi, the source of the posted information.
Prime Minister: Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India.
Narendra Modi: The Prime Minister of India.
2014: The year Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India.
Uri: A location where a terror attack occurred in India.
Pulwama: A location where a terror attack occurred in India.
surgical strike: A military operation conducted by India in response to the Uri attack.
air strike: A military operation conducted by India in response to the Pulwama attack.
PoK: Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
Kutch: A region in India.
Kashmir: A region in India.
Bihar: A state in India.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation
Shri Amit Shah inaugurates and lays the foundation
stone of various development works worth 708 crore
in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat and addresses
the benefit distribution program of the Department of
Posts
The whole world is praising the capability of India's
armed forces and the strong political will of PM Modi
Today the whole world is watching India's strategy
and military power with surprise and Pakistan is
experiencing it with fear
The air defense system, which was perfected during
Modi Ji's reign, did not allow a single missile or drone
to fall on Indian soil
For the first time after independence, India destroyed
the terrorist camps built 100 kilometers inside
Pakistan
India destroyed many airbases of Pakistan and
devastated the attacking capability of their air force
Those who used to scare us in the name of Nuclear,our Air force, Navy and Army have given them a
befitting reply
Home Minister congratulates the soldiers of three
armed forces for the success of 'Operation Sindoor'
By naming the anti-terrorism campaign as 'Operation
Sindoor', Modi Ji has given the message to the world
that 'Sindoor is the sanskar of India'
India avenged the Pahalgam terror attack by razing
the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed and
Lashkar-e-Taiba to the ground
Posted On: 17 MAY 2025 9:16PM by PIB Delhi
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah today inaugurated and laid the foundation
stone for various development projects worth ₹708 crore in Gujarat's capital, Gandhinagar, and addressed the
benefit distribution program of the Postal Department. In his address on this occasion, Shri Amit Shah said
that since becoming Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has developed the country on the lines of Gujarat,
and today India is progressing towards becoming developed in every field.Shri Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has not only developed the country in every
field but has also worked to keep it safe. He said that before Shri Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister
in 2014, terrorist attacks used to take place in the country almost every day, terrorists used to come from
Pakistan and kill our soldiers and people and carry out bomb blasts, but no response was given.
Union Home Minister said that three major terror attacks have taken place since Shri Narendra Modi became
the Prime Minister. He said that the first attack was in Uri, second in Pulwama and the third attack was
recently carried out in Pahalgam by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists. He said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra
Modi has responded to every attack with such force that today the whole world is watching with surprise andPakistan is experiencing it with fear.
Shri Amit Shah said that when the terrorist attack took place in Uri, India gave a symbolic response by
conducting a surgical strike, and in response to the Pulwama attack, a warning was issued by conducting an
air strike. He said that Pakistan and the terrorists still did not mend their ways and they attacked Pahalgam,
but this time the headquarters of the terrorists were destroyed under Operation Sindoor. He said that security
experts from all over the world are surprised when they analyse Operation Sindoor.
Union Home Minister said that India avenged the Pahalgam terror attack by razing to the ground the
headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba. He said that Pakistani terrorists asked our citizens,
tourists, unarmed people about their religion and then cowardly and mercilessly murdered them in front of
their families and children. He said that India responded to the Pahalgam terror attack in accordance with its
culture. Shri Shah said that India blew up the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba and
the brave Indian forces destroyed 9 such hideouts where terrorists were prepared and trained. He said that our
army responded to the terrorists by going 100 kilometres inside Pakistan's border and at many places in PoK.
Shri Amit Shah said that the echo of our bomb blasts sent a clear message to the masterminds of many
international terrorist incidents and the terrorists hiding in the camps that if any kind of misbehavior is done
with the people of India and any terrorist incident is committed, then it will be responded with double the
vigor. He said that we had attacked only the terrorist bases, but the Pakistani army dared to attack our
innocent people from Kutch to Kashmir and the western border of India on 8 May. He said, our air defense
system, which has been perfected during the reign of Prime Minister Modi, did not allow a single missile or
drone to fall on Indian soil. He said that after India eliminated more than 100 dreaded terrorists, Pakistan did
not succeed in harming India in any way. He said that the Pakistani army was still thinking, then on 9 May,
the brave soldiers of India destroyed the ability of their Air Force to attack many airbases of Pakistan at 15
places. Union Home Minister said that today the whole world is watching the strength of the Indian Armed
Forces with surprise.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that for the first time after independence, India went
100 km inside Pakistan and destroyed Pakistani terrorist camps. He said that those who used to scare us in thename of nuclear, our Air Force, Navy and Army have given them a befitting reply. He said that today the
whole world is praising the accuracy of the striking power of our forces, their restraint and the strong political
will of Prime Minister Modi. He said that today the whole country is saluting the soldiers of the three armed
forces of India.
Shri Amit Shah said that the valour of our armed forces has made the entire nation proud. He said that it is a
matter of pride for all of us that our leader Shri Narendra Modi, a son of Gujarat and Bharat Mata, has worked
to make Bharat Mata proud and secure the nation. He said that as long as military operations are discussed in
the world, Operation Sindoor will also be discussed. Shri Shah said that the ‘OperationSindoor’ was named by
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi himself in honour of our mothers and sisters. He said that respect for
sindoor is an Indian tradition and the message of this has been conveyed to the entire world by naming this as
Operation Sindoor. He said that Prime Minister Modi has fulfilled the promise he had made in Bihar that we
will definitely take revenge for the Pahalgam terror attack.
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