India, May 7 -- Top leaders from Karnataka on Tuesday expressed strong support for the Indian Armed Forces' overnight attack against terrorist camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, hailing 'Operation Sindhoor' as a powerful response to the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar called the military action a "befitting reply" and said the Congress party stands firmly behind the Union government and the armed forces in their fight against terrorism. In a post on social media platform X, he wrote, "#OperationSindoor is a befitting reply to the cowardly Pahalgam terror attack. We stand with the govt, we stand with our security forces. Jai Hind."

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also ...