New Delhi, July 29 -- Rejecting claims that Operation Sindoor was stopped under pressure as "wrong and unfounded", Defence minister Rajnath Singh told Parliament on Monday India has opted for a "different route for peace" through the Surgical strike, Balakot air attack and Operation Sidnoor and warned Pakistan that if there is any misadventure, "the operation will resume". Opening the much-anticipated debate, Rajnath said "terror is a political toolkit for Pakistan" and he also lambasted the Opposition for seeking information on the number of aircrafts downed. In every exam, results matter. "We should not be bothered if a pencil is broken or if a pen gets lost. The result is that the targets of our armed forces were fully met," Singh said amid thunderous applause. Singh emphasised that India's political leadership will "work without any pressure for safeguarding India" and "Our missiles will go beyond the physical borders and our brave soldiers will break enemies' spine when it comes to self-defence". He hailed Operation Sindoor as an unmatched example of coordination between India's armed forces and reiterated the PM's position that talks and terror can't go side by side. "Sometimes, our opposition leaders ask: how many fighters (got downed)? I think this does not reflect India's national emotion. The Opposition never asked how many enemy planes have been shot down by our forces," Singh said, "If they want to ask, their question should be did India demolish terror hideouts? Then the answer is a resounding yes. They should ask if Operation Sindoor is a success? The answer is yes. You should ask, the terrorists who wiped out our sisters' sindoor, did Operation Sindoor kill their masters? The answer is yes. Did our soldiers suffer? The answer is no." Taking a jibe at the Opposition, Rajnath added, "Our focus should not be on smaller issues. Because if you focus on small issues, then the attention on the country's security and honour of soldiers can be deviated." He also reminded that in the past, Opposition never asked such questions related to military operations to the government. Singh described the full sequence of events starting from the Pahalgam terror attack to the ceasefire, which was proposed by Pakistan. He called the Pahalgam attack as "the ugliest and despicable act of inhumanity. This incident was a test of India's tolerance." "Before launching Operation Sindoor, our armed forces studied every aspect of the situation. We had many options, but we chose the option in which the terrorists and their hideouts are inflicted with maximum damage and the common people of Pakistan don't suffer," Singh told the Lok Sabha. He hailed the Op sindoor as an "unmatched example" of Tri-services coordination. "When IAF attacked, our army took control of the land. Our navy had a strong presence in north Arabian Sea. "The Navy gave a clear message to Pakistan: from the land and the sea, we are not only capable of hitting every important place, but we are also ready to do it." Initiating the debate on the Operation Sindoor, the defence minister told the House that Indian armed forces coordinated and nine terror targets hit with precision. Singh added that even though "the toll is much higher", according to an estimate "more than 100 terrorists including their trainers and handlers of terror groups such as LeT and HM" died. "We stopped the war because we had achieved all the political and military objectives. To say the Operation Sindoor was stopped due to some pressure, is unfounded and totally wrong," Singh said, referring to the earlier claims of many Opposition leaders who alleged that the military action against Pakistan stopped due to the US' intervention. "Operation Sindoor's politico-military objective was to punish Pakistan who has waged a proxy war through terror. That's why full freedom was given to armed forces. This operation was not to start a new war but to force the adversary to submit to the Indian armed forces. When IAF attacked the airfields, Pakistan accepted defeat and tried to stop further hostilities. They spoke to DGMO. We accepted with the caveat that Operation has been paused. If there is another misadventure from Pakistan, this operation will restart," Singh said. Singh, the senior-most minister of Narendra Modi's cabinet, spoke about the past efforts by Lal Bahadur Shastri, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh and Modi for building peace with Pakistan. "But if a country has no shred of democracy, only religious fanaticism and hatred against India, there can't be any talks with such a country. The language of terror fuels killings, fear and hatred, not discussion," he said. Singh said that Pakistan has made terror a part of its foreign policy and going by its policy and character, "there should not be any illusion that Pakistan is a nursery of global terror. And they have made it as a part of its state policy," Singh said. He spoke about how, during Operation Sindoor, the world has seen Pakistani terrorists being given state funerals and how the Pakistan army don't have the courage to "fight on the border" but attack innocent people, children and pilgrims. "Pakistan army and ISI use terror as proxy war. But this is a new Bharat led by Modi, which can go to any extent to fight against terror," Singh said. He also mocked Pakistan's socio economic condition and said, "If a tiger (India) kills a frog (Pakistan), it doesn't go well. Pakistan is nowhere near us in size, capabilities, prosperity," Singh said, as he justified the fight against terror....