Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi spoke at length on future war situations, global challenges and military strategies during an event in his home district Rewa (Madhya Pradesh) on Saturday (November 1, 2025). During this, he also took a mild dig at US President Donald Trump, who had recently claimed several times that he had brokered a ‘peace agreement’ between India and Pakistan.
Taunt on Trump
Addressing students at TRS College, Rewa, General Dwivedi said that the world is changing very rapidly and the coming challenges will be full of uncertainty and complexity. He said, ‘The coming threats are full of instability, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. Whatever the challenge is today, tomorrow a bigger challenge emerges. Be it border security, terrorism, natural disaster or cyber war – along with all these, space warfare, satellite attacks, chemical-biological threats and rumors have also become a part of war. In this context, while commenting on Trump’s unexpected statements, he said, ‘What is Trump doing today, perhaps even Trump himself does not know what he is going to do tomorrow.’
Indian Army exercised restraint during Operation Sindoor
Talking to the media, the Army Chief said that on May 7, India had launched Operation Sindoor, which was the major military action after the Pahalgam terrorist attack (April 22). He said that India targeted only terrorists and their structures in this operation. He said, ‘We ensured that no innocent citizen of Pakistan is harmed. We only targeted the terrorists and their handlers. He told that during the operation, the Indian Army attacked only those places where terrorists were present.
‘Given a message to Pakistan – we are not like them’ – General Dwivedi
General Dwivedi said that the objective of Operation Sindoor was only one – to destroy the terrorist infrastructure and give a clear message to Pakistan. He said, “We achieved our goal and told Pakistan that India does not harm any innocent person. We only respond to terrorism.”