New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will only hold talks with Pakistan on the issues of terrorism and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).

PM Modi in his first televised address that since the launch of Operation Sindoor on Monday at 8 pm said that India has zero tolerance for terror and will not fall prey to nuclear blackmail.

Modi said that Operation Sindoor as India’s new official policy against terror and informed that it has only been halted and not concluded.India will monitor to see if Pakistan keeps his promise of halting terrorist attacks and military actions in future, he added.

India will no longer see terrorist leaders and the Governments sheltering them as separate entities, he asserted. It is not an era of war, but not an era of terrorism either, said.

Modi during in his address said that India’s position is very clear. Terror and talk cannot go together; terror and trade cannot go together. And water and blood also cannot flow together, referring to the Indus Water Treaty abeyance.

He said that it was Pakistan, which moved for ceasefire and India had only considered it since it had succeeded in dismantling the terror infrastructure in Pakistan.

India responded strategically, delivering a precise blow to their core infrastructure, while Pakistan targeted India’s borders, he said. If Pakistan wants to survive, it will have to destroy its terror infrastructure, he added.

He highlighting that the use of “Shakti” (power) for “shanti” (peace), India follows it; however, sometimes it has to use power for peace as well.

He also urged the nation to stay united in the fight against terrorism and saluted the armed forces, paramilitary, BSF, intelligence agencies, and citizens for standing together.