In the wake of India’s precision strikes under Operation Sindoor, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to provide a comprehensive briefing on the current security situation, India Today sources reported on Thursday.
The high-level meeting comes a day after India carried out targeted missile strikes on nine terror sites located in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), following the deadly Pahalgam terror attack on April 22. The strikes have escalated regional tensions, with Pakistan claiming civilian casualties and threatening retaliation.
In a parallel development, Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived at an all-party meeting convened to discuss the national security situation and India’s diplomatic stance going forward. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Modi, is aimed at building political consensus and ensuring coordinated responses across party lines.
Earlier, NSA Doval had also engaged in strategic outreach with his counterparts in several key nations including the United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China, and France. He emphasized India’s position that while it does not seek escalation, it will “retaliate resolutely” if provoked.
According to PTI, Doval briefed US NSA and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, UK’s Jonathan Powell, Saudi Arabia’s Musaid Al Aiban, UAE’s Sheikh Tahnoon, Japan’s Masataka Okano, Russia’s Sergei Shoigu, and French President Macron’s diplomatic advisor Emmanuel Bonne.
India’s messaging to the international community has remained clear: the operation was a calibrated counter-terror strike, not an act of aggression against Pakistan’s military. The government reiterated its commitment to defending national sovereignty without triggering unnecessary escalation.
This comes even as ground reports suggest that Pakistan has heightened its military alertness and India has initiated civil defence protocols in several states, including blackouts and airport shutdowns.
