Semantics, would you prefer it be called Operation <insert title> instead ? that would be the traditional way of doing it.
But his gist is more and a tired one, that these matters be kept confidential and not spoken of. Well, there are certainly operations afoot where we do just that.
I can't fault this govt for going public because it puts the other on the back foot. Think of it as a form of psych warfare. The other side invests great amounts in doing just that. They are far ahead in this game than we are and its high time we catch up.
If we go public then it must have happened and the idea is to weaken support of the establishment there by embarrassing them on a regular basis. This had dividends on the world stage too where as many as 48 countries supported us after the Pulwama attack because they saw us as a victim and with a right to self defense.