During an address to the Indian community in Johannesburg, NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule, who is leading an all-party parliamentary delegation to South Africa, declared that Operation Sindoor must not be confined to India and Pakistan but must gain global traction to expose and combat terrorism effectively.
Sule reflected on the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 civilians were brutally killed, calling it a “traumatic and painful experience” that had shaken Indians worldwide. She recalled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2014 outreach to neighbouring countries was rooted in a vision for peace and regional harmony, but the recent attack highlighted that those gestures had gone unreciprocated.
“When PM Modi took oath in 2014, he invited every neighbour to his oath ceremony to send a message that we wanted the subcontinent to grow together. But with the Pahalgam incident, that dream stands shattered,” she said.
Sule underscored the Prime Minister’s desire that Operation Sindoor—India’s military response targeting terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir—should be presented on the world stage to signal India’s zero-tolerance policy on terrorism.
“India wants peace, but not at the cost of innocent lives. Operation Sindoor must be a global message—India will never tolerate terrorism,” she said.
Joining her at the event, BJP MP Anurag Thakur emphasized Pakistan’s continued sponsorship of terrorism, revealing that Indian armed forces struck nine terror sites after Islamabad failed to act for 15 days post-attack.
“Terrorists admitted their losses, saying ‘ten from the family have gone’. Pakistan shelters 52 entities listed by the UNSC for terror links. They’ve made terrorism a state policy,” Thakur said.
Congress MP Manish Tewari echoed these sentiments, stating terrorism is “pure evil” that must be uprooted from global society.
“Terrorism has no religion. It is an evil that must be exorcised. After Pahalgam, we are reaching out globally to build consensus against countries that use terror as state policy,” he said.
Tewari also reaffirmed India’s desire for peaceful regional relations but warned that peace cannot come at the expense of security.
The Indian delegation in South Africa, led by Sule, comprises MPs Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Vikramjeet Singh Sahney, Manish Tewari, Anurag Thakur, Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Anand Sharma, former Minister V. Muraleedharan, and former UN envoy Syed Akbaruddin.
The visit is part of a larger diplomatic initiative to inform global partners about Pakistan’s terror links and India’s calibrated, proportionate response through Operation Sindoor. On Wednesday, the delegation will continue its engagements in Cape Town, including meetings with members of the South African Parliament and government ministers.
The delegation’s message was clear: India seeks global cooperation to dismantle cross-border terror networks and hold state sponsors of terrorism accountable.
