Bikaner, May 23 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the country's enemies have learnt what happens when 'sindoor' becomes gunpowder and lauded India's armed forces for creating such a trap that Pakistan was brought down to its knees.

In his first public address in Rajasthan after Operation Sindoor, which was launched in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack, the prime minister slammed Pakistan and said in response to the attack on April 22, "We destroyed nine biggest terror hideouts in 22 minutes".

"The world and the enemies of the country have seen what happens when sindoor turns into 'barood' (gunpowder)," he said.

He said India is not going to be scared by nuclear threats, and if there is a terrorist attack on t...