Operation Sindoor - 'their Army Could Be Out Of Fuel In 4 Days': Shashi Tharoor Jabs Pakistan, Says Dialogue Unlikely In Near Future

After India's Operation Sindoor shook Pakistan, elder Congress leader Shashi Tharoor connected Wednesday made a immense declare that nan Pakistan Army could beryllium retired of substance successful nan adjacent 4 days. Amping up his onslaught connected Pakistan, he said that this is not an Army prepared for a agelong warfare pinch India.

Indian forces conducted rocket strikes connected 9 panic sites successful Pakistan, targeting Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Taiba bases.

Commenting connected reports suggesting logistical strain successful nan Pakistani Army, nan MP from Thiruvananthapuram, told India Today TV successful an interview: "Their service could beryllium retired of substance successful 4 days. It's not precisely a state prepared for a agelong warfare pinch India. I would dream that communal consciousness will prevail." 

Tharoor further commented that Islamabad's threats were much astir redeeming look successful beforehand of nan Pakistani nationalist alternatively of genuine intent. "They tin opportunity these things, but what they really do is what will find nan adjacent steps." 

He further said that India has shown restraint by retaliating only successful benignant to Pakistani shelling astatine nan Line of Control (LoC), which has killed complete 10 civilians connected nan Indian side.

While powerfully backing nan Indian equipped forces, nan erstwhile UN diplomat said that India deed 'legitimate targets' arsenic portion of a bid of precision strikes nether nan codename Operation Sindoor. 

“It was highly good done. India deed morganatic targets—nine violent motorboat pads and well-known office for illustration Muridke, which everyone knows is nan LeT base,” he said. 

He further mentioned that India's deliberate prime to debar Pakistani authorities aliases subject installations arsenic good arsenic nan determination to onslaught astatine nighttime successful a bid to trim civilian casualties was "a very sensible point to do". 

When asked whether Operation Sindoor would enactment arsenic a deterrent for Pakistan, Tharoor said: "For now, nan constituent has been efficaciously made." 

He, however, besides acknowledged that a speech pinch Pakistan is improbable soon. “We’ll astir apt spell backmost to that benignant of bristling hostility short of war.”

The 25-minute cognition near complete 80 terrorists dead, including 25–30 astatine awesome sites for illustration Bahawalpur and Muridke, pursuing nan Pahalgam onslaught that killed 26 civilians.

Operation Sindoor, executed early Wednesday, swiftly neutralised threats from banned outfits, marking a important retaliatory strike. The attacks connected cardinal sites successful Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) underscore ongoing tensions and nan targeted dismantling of panic infrastructure.

Published on: May 8, 2025 7:18 AM IST