New Delhi, June 9 -- Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday strongly condemned Pakistan for "sponsoring terrorism," despite grappling with severe domestic challenges such as poverty, starvation, and unemployment.

In an interview with ANI, Gadkari reiterated India's firm stance against terrorism, citing Operation Sindoor as a "decisive response" to the Pakistan-sponsored April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam that killed 26 innocent people in the name of religion.

"We are against terrorism. Operation Sindoor was our reaction to the killing of the innocent people. Pakistan sponsors terrorism. There is poverty, starvation and unemployment in Pakistan; still they support terrorism and enter ou...