28 July 2025 : Ahead of the debate on Operation Sindoor in Parliament, minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday invoked the Hindu epic Ramayana to describe the Indian action on Pakistan.
“When Ravan crossed the Laxman Rekha, Lanka burned. When Pakistan crossed the red lines drawn by India, terrorist camps faced the fire!” Rijiju, the minister for parliamentary affairs, posted on X.
The BJP leader’s post came just about two hours before India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack, Operation Sindoor, was set to come up for a debate in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing monsoon session.
With it, he posted a song, in Kailash Kher’s voice, that spoke about how the operation was for India’s “aan, baan, swabhimaan” (dignity, pride, self-respect). The one-minute clip began with a line by PM Narendra Modi in Hindi, dedicating Operation Sindoor to “every mother, sister and daughter of the country”.
Summary:
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju likened Pakistan crossing India’s “red lines” to Ravan violating Laxman Rekha, warning terrorists would face fire ahead of Sindoor debate.