The parliamentary debate on Operation Sindoor was an opportunity for political clarity in a country still reeling from the Pahalgam terror attack and its military aftermath. What it turned into, instead, was a missed chance ~ not just for the ruling party, but especially for the opposition, which failed to press the government on important points. The government used the floor primarily to consolidate its nationalist credentials, portray strength, and deflect uncomfortable questions with a barrage of historical whataboutery. But it also revealed, in its selective disclosures, that Operation Sin door was not an open-ended military campaign. It had a clearly defined objective: precision strikes against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. When those targets were hit, India agreed to a ceasefire.

This would have been an acceptable strategic explanation ~ had the government not spent years ~ and continues even now ~ encouraging speculation........

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