New Delhi, May 7 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday lauded the government for not allowing Pakistan to expand the conflict since the precision strikes were aimed at identified terrorist bases and launchpads. He said the places mentioned in the press briefing by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had a history of hosting terrorist organisations.

"The government has taken care not to give the other side an opportunity to expand the conflict in the sense that they have only attacked identified terror bases and launchpads. The places mentioned in the (defence) briefing have been known to host terrorist organisations like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and Hizbul Mujahideen. We have really got a very responsible an...