Operation Sindoor and QUAD
India’s Operation Sindoor was conducted to hammer Pakistan out of shape after they kept on escalating tensions with their terror activities in Jammu & Kashmir and firing on Line if Control.
Since India didn’t even bother to inform any of the so called Powers, forget consultations, members of Quad — Australia, and United States have failed to openly supported or lauded the operations. Japan has come out in support by opposing all forms of terrorism.
The Quad as a whole wants India to join it to form a military alliance, a foolish move which India will not accept. So this Operation has become a litmus test for New Delhi’s relations with the other QUAD members.
“India’s recent military strikes on Pakistan-based terror camps, a response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack, received no support from the Quad – the US, Japan, Australia, and India – united to counter China. No endorsements, no tweets, not even a nod,” the magazine pointed out.
“While India waged a war on Pakistan-sponsored terror through Operation Sindoor, her so-called Quad allies ghosted her in real time. US President Donald Trump’s diplomacy visibly turned the Quad from a strategic alliance into a WhatsApp group chat, leaving messages unread,” India Today noted.
In addition, the magazine stressed that “in his attempt to claim credit for the fragile de-escalation after days of hot battle between Indian and Pakistani armed forces, Donald Trump <…> declared that India and Pakistan would negotiate at a neutral venue and offered to mediate on Kashmir, a proposal, even from friends, India firmly rejects.
“India-Pakistan relations saw a new low after the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, that killed 25 Indian citizens and a Nepali national. In the early hours of May 7, Indian forces began attacking terrorist bases in Pakistan. In response, the Pakistan launched a large-scale military operation codenamed Bunyan-um Marsoos.
On May 10, New Delhi accepted Islamabad plea for a ceasefire. Prior to the announcement of the agreement, US President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social page that India and Pakistan had agreed to a complete ceasefire and very foolishly claimed the credit for it. Whereas India has totally denied third party involvement.
