Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said BSF personnel in the Jammu frontier destroyed and damaged 118 Pakistani posts and dismantled the enemy's entire surveillance system during Operation Sindoor post Pahalgam terror attack.
While addressing BSF personnel in Poonch today Shah said he had come to express gratitude on behalf of the 140 crore people of India to all the border guards of the BSF.
“Whenever there is any kind of attack on India’s borders, it is the BSF personnel who face it first. In any situation, 365 days a year and 24 hours a day, BSF personnel remain available, vigilant, and dedicated,” he said.
The HM emphasized that due to BSF personnel, no attack can directly cause damage within India’s borders because the first line of defence is the chest of a BSF soldier.
Shah said for this reason, every child in the country recognizes BSF border guards as the first line of defence for national security.
“During Operation Sindoor, BSF personnel deployed at Jammu and Rajasthan frontiers and the remote Kutch border protected the nation’s borders with utmost vigilance,” he said.
The HM said when Pakistan attacked the border areas and civilians in retaliation for Indian Army’s strikes on terrorists in Pakistan after Operation Sindoor, BSF personnel in the Jammu frontier destroyed and damaged over 118 Pakistani posts.
“BSF dismantled Pakistan’s entire surveillance system,” he said.
Shah said even during peacetime, BSF maintained a sharp watch on Pakistan’s posts, and during Operation Sindoor, based on precise intelligence and in the shortest possible time they inflicted maximum damage on Pakistani posts.
The HM said BSF caused the most damage to Pakistan’s surveillance equipment.
He remarked that such bravery is witnessed only when there is pride in the nation, a spirit of patriotism in the heart, and zeal to make the supreme sacrifice.