From Surgical Strike to Operation Sindoor, India has repeatedly signalled that provocations will be met inside enemy territory — and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai drove that message home on Sunday, 11 October 2026, invoking all three military operations in a pointed tribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Posting under the hashtag #ChhattisgarhSalutesModiJi, CM Sai wrote in Hindi: 'Naya Bharat kisi ko chhedta nahin hai, lekin yadi koi chede, toh use chhodta bhi nahin hai' — 'New India does not provoke anyone, but if someone provokes, it does not let them go either.' The line distils a doctrine that BJP leaders have repeatedly articulated since the 2016 Surgical Strikes across the Line of Control.

Three Operations, One Strategic Message

CM Sai's post name-checks three distinct military actions in sequence. The 2016 Surgical Strikes targeted terror launch pads across the LoC in Pakistani-administered Kashmir following the Uri attack. The 2019 Balakot Air Strike — India's first cross-border air operation since 1971 — struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp deep inside Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Operation Sindoor, the most recent action referenced, represents the third and most assertive chapter in this arc, framed by BJP leaders as proof that 'New India' has institutionalised the willingness to strike at the source of terror.

Together, the three operations form a political and military narrative the ruling party has built carefully over a decade: deterrence through demonstrated action, not merely declared resolve.

Chhattisgarh Joins the National Chorus

By tagging @narendramodi and anchoring his post in a state-specific hashtag, CM Sai is doing something deliberate — tethering Chhattisgarh's political identity to the broader nationalist sentiment surrounding these operations. The state, which borders conflict-sensitive districts and has its own long history with internal security challenges including Left-Wing Extremism, has particular resonance when its chief minister speaks of military resolve.

The phrasing 'ghar mein ghuskar maarna' — 'striking the enemy inside his own home' — has become a signature BJP rallying call, first popularised after the Balakot strike and now extended to Operation Sindoor. Sai's use of the phrase signals ideological alignment and frames the BJP's national security posture as a source of state-level pride.

The Political Weight of a Hashtag

State chief ministers amplifying national security achievements is not incidental — it is coordinated political messaging. By saluting Modi's leadership in the name of Chhattisgarh, CM Sai reinforces the BJP's core electoral argument: that strong, decisive leadership at the centre directly translates into national prestige and safety for every Indian, regardless of which state they live in. The kicker is in the sequence — Surgical Strike, Air Strike, Operation Sindoor — three data points that the party wants voters to read as a trend line, not a coincidence.