In a stern message to Islamabad, Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday said if Pakistan continues to harbour terrorists and operate against India, then it will have to “decide whether it wants to be part of geography or history or not”.The Army Chief was at an interactive session at the Manekshaw Centre here, where he was asked about how the Army would respond if the circumstances that led to Operation Sindoor last year surfaced again.General Dwivedi said, “If you had heard me earlier, what I said… that Pakistan, if it continues to harbour terrorists and operate against India, then they have to decide whether they want to be part of geography or history or not.”General Dwivedi’s remarks came days after RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale, in an interview to a news agency, said fostering dialogue with Pakistan was important.“If Pakistan is like a pinprick trying to create incidents like Pulwama, we have to answer appropriately according to the situation because the security and self-respect of a country and nation have to be protected, and the government of the day should take note of it and take care of it,” Hosabale had said, citing terrorist attacks such as 26/11 Mumbai, Pulwama and Pahalgam. “But at the same time, we need not close the doors,” he added.”We should always be ready to engage in dialogue. That is why diplomatic relations are maintained, trade and commerce continue, and visas are being given. So we should not stop these, because there should always be a window for dialogue,” the RSS leader had said.A day after Hosabale’s remarks, former Army Chief Gen Manoj Naravane (retd) had supported the RSS leader’s stand for fostering dialogue and people-to-people connections with Pakistan, saying that such engagements were “important”.General Naravane had said the fundamental struggles of the “common man”, specifically the basic needs of “roti, kapda and makan” (food, clothing and shelter), were identical on both sides of the border.”The common man has nothing to do with politics. When there is friendship between the two persons, there will also be friendship between the two nations,” Naravane said on the sidelines of an event in Mumbai on May 13.This morning, General Dwivedi’s remarks, though brief, carried a blunt message to Pakistan and reiterated India’s stand against terrorism. And his statement comes days after the country and the Indian military marked the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor against Pakistan.Operation Sindoor was launched early on May 7 last year in retaliation to the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, with Indian forces conducting precision strikes on multiple terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.Later, Pakistan also launched offensives against India. All subsequent counter-offensives by India were also carried out under Operation Sindoor.The military conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, lasting nearly 88 hours, halted after they reached an understanding on the evening of May 10.