India, Oct. 29 -- When President Droupadi Murmu flew in a Rafale fighter jet at the Ambala airbase on Wednesday morning, it wasn't just a photo-op but carried a pointed message to Pakistan, particularly her posing with Squadron Leader Shivangi Singh.

When India hit terror bases in Pakistan in May, Islamabad's narrative-spinners and media had claimed to have captured Squadron Leader Shivangi Singh who pilots Rafales. That had immediately turned out to be humbug.

On October 29, it was the Varanasi-born Squadron Leader Singh who gave President Murmu a tour of the new Rafale multi-role fighter at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in Haryana.

In May, when India launched Operation Sindoor - a military response to the terror attack in Jammu and...