Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday (November 22, 2025) said had India taken an Operation Sindoor-like action after the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack, no one would have dared to target the country again.
Speaking at an event at the Gateway of India to mark the 17th anniversary of the 26/11 attack that is coming up, Mr. Fadnavis said it was not merely an attack on Taj and Trident hotels. Mumbai is the economic capital of India, and an attack on the city was an attack on the sovereignty of the country, he said.
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“Had we understood this and shown the courage to conduct an ‘Operation Sindoor’ then, nobody would have dared to attack us again,” he said.
India carried out military action under Operation Sindoor, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack of April 2025.
