New Delhi, May 7 -- Former Indian envoy to Pakistan G Parthasarthy said on Wednesday that India's military action under 'Operation Sindoor' was not a large-scale invasion but measured airstrikes on places which were terrorist havens. He said that India's military action in Pakistan was "clearly a case of a response to aggression by Pakistan."

Speaking to ANI, Parthasarthy said that the Indian government had to respond as terrorists based in Pakistan targeted tourists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22.

On India's military action under 'Operation Sindoor', he said, "The fact of the matter is, it was not a large-scale invasion by us. We did not use land forces. We used measured airstrikes on places which were terrorist havens. So...