Bengaluru, April 27 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah on Sunday clarifying his "not in favour of war" statement said that he war was inevitable, and must be done with Pakistan.

"I said that it (war) is inevitable, but it must be done with Pakistan, but I did not say that there should be no war. It is the responsibility of the central government to provide security, 26 people died in the incident... I said there should not be a war immediately..." Siddaramiah said addressing mediapersons.

On April 26, the Chief Minister had said that he was not in favour of war with Pakistan and cited concerns regarding "security lapse" in the deadly Pahalgam terrorist attack in which 26 people were gunned down.

He advocated for strengthening secu...