US took decade to hunt Osama bin Laden, India took 15 days to teach Pakistan lesson: MP Satnam Sandhu

Calling Operation Sindoor a “befitting reply” to the Pahalgam terror attack, Rajya Sabha MP Satnam Singh Sandhu on Wednesday said India acted decisively within no time, setting a global benchmark in counter-terror operations.

Participating in the debate on Operation Sindoor in Parliament, Sandhu said the swift response by Indian forces, which eliminated nine terrorist hideouts inside Pakistan in just 22 minutes, has now become a case study in international military strategy.

“It took the US nearly a decade and billions of dollars to eliminate Osama bin Laden. But India, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, responded within days to the Pahalgam attack with precision, courage, and conviction,” said Sandhu.

The BJP MP paid tribute to the victims of the Pahalgam attack and also recalled the shelling on Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sahib in Poonch, in which three Sikh sevadars — Bhai Amrik Singh, Bhai Amarjit Singh and Bhai Ranjit Singh — were killed, allegedly in retaliation by Pakistan.

Calling the Pahalgam attack a “well-planned international conspiracy,” Sandhu said it was aimed at disrupting India’s communal harmony, religious freedom, and national progress.

“This wasn’t an isolated incident. It was a calculated move to destabilise our nation—a direct assault on India’s sovereignty,” he said.

Drawing parallels with history, Sandhu compared the brutality of the Pahalgam attack to the tyranny of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who persecuted Sikhs and Hindus.

“What happened in Pahalgam reminds us of the tyranny of Aurangzeb, who tried to impose conversions at the edge of the sword. But just as Guru Tegh Bahadur ji stood tall against that tyranny in Kashmir centuries ago, India too stood up today against terror with Operation Sindoor,” Sandhu said.

Highlighting the progress in Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, the MP said that peace and development in the region did not sit well with “enemy-sponsored terrorists.”

“India is on the path to becoming the third-largest economy in the world. But that journey of peace and prosperity in Kashmir is being disrupted by those who fear a united, rising India,” he noted.

Sandhu also lauded the government’s international outreach post-Operation Sindoor, highlighting the role of All-Party Delegations sent abroad to present India’s stand on terrorism. He personally visited Bahrain, Algeria, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, where he claimed India’s firm stance against terror was widely appreciated.

“These delegations weren’t just political visits. They carried the conviction of a resurgent India. Even Opposition leaders were part of this outreach, and they too backed India’s zero-tolerance policy,” he said, urging more unity on such matters.