India, June 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a message to the whole country that India's blood is not meant to be shed and whoever dares to do this will be punished, union home minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.

Addressing a public gathering in Lucknow, Shah said that India has "retaliated with surgical strike, air strike and razed terrorist headquarters" to the ground whenever Pakistan tried to attack the country during PM Modi's government in the past 11 years.

Shah, who was in Uttar Pradesh's capital to hand over appointment letters to 60,244 newly recruited police constables, said Operation Sindoor, launched on May 7, had led to the death of over 100 terrorists linked to groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and H...