New Delhi: Amid rising tensions with Pakistan following a deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam region, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, official sources were quoted by the newswire ANI.
The meeting, held at the Prime Minister’s residence on Lok Kalyan Marg, comes a day after Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi also called on Modi in the national capital. Both meetings follow heightened security deliberations at the highest level.
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Anil Chauhan, the three service chiefs, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. The government has since conveyed its intent to respond decisively to the June 15 Pahalgam terror attack, which left 26 tourists dead.
In a subsequent meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), officials briefed top leadership about cross-border linkages in the attack. It was noted that the strike came on the heels of successful elections in Jammu and Kashmir and the region’s gradual return to stability and development — a trajectory the government sees as being deliberately targeted.
The government has vowed to exact “severe punishment” on the perpetrators and their backers, and has granted the armed forces full operational autonomy regarding the timing, method, and targets of India’s response.
Following the attack, the government also convened an all-party meeting to build political consensus. Opposition leaders reportedly expressed unanimous support for retaliatory measures aimed at dismantling terror networks.
In a move signaling New Delhi’s hardening stance, the government has also announced its decision to put the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance — a step officials say is intended to send a clear message to Islamabad regarding its alleged support for cross-border terrorism.
While no official statement has yet detailed the specifics of a military response, the string of high-level consultations suggests that India is weighing a calibrated yet firm course of action in the days ahead.
