India, Jan. 10 -- India's Operation Sindoor pushed Pakistan into hurried constitutional amendments and a reworking of its top defence organisation, a move that showed the operation did not go in Islamabad's favour, chief of defence staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan said on Friday.

Operation Sindoor was carried out on May 7 last year, when India struck terror bases in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the April 22 Pahalgam attack that claimed the lives of 26 civilians.

Speaking at the Pune Public Policy Festival 2026 at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), Chauhan said Pakistan's steps after the operation, including changes to its military leadership structure, pointed to major weaknesses that came t...