Overview

• Operation Mahadev neutralized three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists linked to the April 22 Pahalgam massacre and confirmed their identities through ballistic tests, Pakistani voter IDs, and other recovered items
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told MPs that Operation Sindoor achieved its objectives by striking nine terror camps, remains suspended as a warning to Pakistan, and can be resumed if provoked
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi rejected claims of third-party pressure to halt the strikes and noted that Pakistani airbases hit in May are still disabled
• Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha pressed the government for answers on security lapses before the Pahalgam attack, the number of Indian jets downed in Operation Sindoor, and why Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was not reclaimed
• The government dismissed President Trump’s assertions of brokering the India-Pakistan ceasefire and refuted his claim that five to six Indian jets were shot down