Statement I : Operation Parakram involved the mobilization of Indian troops along India’s border with Pakistan. Statement II : After the year 2001 Parliament attacks, India wanted to pressure Pakistan into acting against terror groups operating from areas under its control.

Operation Parakram was a massive military mobilization initiated by India along the border with Pakistan between 2001 and 2002. This operation was a direct response to the December 13, 2001, terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament, which was carried out by Pakistan-based groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed [1]. The primary objective of this unprecedented mobilization, involving nearly 800,000 troops, was to exert coercive pressure on Pakistan to take decisive action against terror groups operating from its soil and to punish it for supporting cross-border terrorism. The standoff lasted for approximately ten months and brought the two nuclear-armed nations to the brink of war. Therefore, Statement I correctly describes the mobilization, and Statement II provides the accurate strategic rationale and context for that action, making it the correct explanation.

Sources

1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Terrorist Trouble and Relations with Pakistan > p. 758