India, May 23 -- Union home minister Amit Shah, while speaking at the BSF Investiture ceremony on Friday, praised the armed forces for their strong response to terrorism and credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for leading the charge in giving a befitting reply to Pakistan and avenging the lives lost in terror attacks.

"Operation Sindoor is when our Prime Minister's strong political will, accurate information from our intelligence gathering agencies and the army's amazing display of lethality came together. Operation Sindoor is formed when all three come together," news agency ANI quoted Amit Shah as saying.

The home minister said Pakistan had sponsored terrorists for several years, due to which India had suffered from attacks and had ...