India, July 24 -- Former Union Minister Smriti Irani has advised people to "not watch" actors if they are offended at their "lack of support" to Operation Sindoor, India's military operation against terror infrastructure in Pakistan and POK, launched on May 7.

In a TV interview, the politician was asked about chatter around Bollywood's muffled response to the operation that India launched a fortnight after 26 civilians were killed in a deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

"If someone is not with the country, and their lack of support offends you, then don't watch them," she was quoted as saying by an India Today report.

"How can you express your anger (against their silence) as an ordinary citizen? By tunning off," ...