Armed Forces Free To Decide Mode, Target, And Timing Of Response, Says PM Modi: Govt Sources News24 –

Sources in the government on Tuesday said that Prime Minister  Narendra Modi asserted that it is their national resolve to deal a crushing blow to terrorism. The PM expressed complete faith and confidence in the professional abilities of the Indian Armed Forces. He said that they have complete operational freedom to decide on the mode, targets, and timing of our response.

PM Narendra Modi affirmed that it is our national resolve to deal a crushing blow to terrorism. PM expressed complete faith and confidence in the professional abilities of the Indian Armed Forces. PM said that they have complete operational freedom to decide on the mode, targets,… https://t.co/2Az8nieCeW pic.twitter.com/avIVpsBNjt

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The Prime Minister chaired a meeting which was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan.

Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi, Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi and Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh also attended the meeting.

CDS Anil Chauhan briefed the Defence Minister

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had met PM Modi at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg on Monday. The meeting came a day after Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan briefed the Defence Minister on some decisions in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, in which 26 people lost their lives and left several other injured.

The government has said that the terrorists responsible for the terror attack and the conspirators behind it will face severe punishment.

Opposition parties have expressed their full support

The government had convened an all-party meeting after the Pahalgam terror attack. Opposition parties have expressed their full support for any action taken by the government against the perpetrators of the terror attack.

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met a day after the Pahalgam terror attack. In the briefing to the CCS, the cross-border linkages of the terrorist attack were brought out. It was noted that this attack came in the wake of the successful holding of elections in Jammu and Kashmir and its steady progress towards economic growth and development.