MUMBAI — Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, reacting to Operation Sindoor — the Indian Armed Forces’ air strikes targeting Pakistan — stated that war is not the answer to a ‘terrorist attack.’
He emphasised that the perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack, which claimed 26 lives, must be traced and eliminated.
“When the attack in Pahalgam occurred, I said in my first tweet that the terrorists responsible must be taught a lesson their future generations will remember. But war is not a response to terrorism. The United States didn’t wage war after the 9/11 attacks; they tracked down and killed the terrorists,” Thackeray said.
He also raised concerns about the security lapses that led to the attack. “It is important to ask why this incident happened. Pakistan is already a destroyed country — there’s nothing left to destroy there. The bigger questions are — why weren’t the attackers identified earlier, and why was there no security at the tourist spot?”
Retaliating against the Pahalgam attack two weeks ago, Indian armed forces on early Wednesday carried out missile strikes on nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
Following the missile attack, India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier on Wednesday.
Dead were reported on both sides. Pakistan army chief said 26 civilians were killed and 46 were injured due to Indian army action. While at least eleven people, including a woman and two children, were killed and 38 others injured after shelling along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. With inputs from agencies
