NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired the third meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in two weeks, and the first since Operation Sindoor was paused.
The meeting, attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and others, did not lead to an official briefing given its sensitive nature. However, sources indicated that PM Modi reviewed the security situation following the pause and assessed the country’s preparedness to counter any potential aggression from Pakistan.
Sources also indicated that PM Modi stressed the need to implement stringent security measures nationwide, particularly in states sharing an international border with Pakistan.
The first CCS meeting on this issue was convened by the Prime Minister on 23 April – just a day after the Pahalgam terror attack – and another meeting was held prior to the launch of Operation Sindoor, lasting for several hours and involving CCS members and the chiefs of the armed forces.
“The PM keeps a very keen intelligence on security issues and whenever he chairs a meeting particularly on security, he is learnt to raise many minutely observed and analysed points of concerns,” a senior government source said.
The source also added that PM Modi may have issued clear directives to maintain ‘uchtam astar satarkta’ (high-level alertness) in the wake of Operation Sindoor.
