Srinagar, May 12 -- He said the Indian armed forces avenged the attack through Operation Sindoor, a mission that he said should serve as a lesson to the neighbour.

"India always advocated for peace. It never wants a war but what happened in Pahalgam was an act of war by terror state Pakistan", Sinha said during his visit to the shelter and lodgement centre at Sahib Bandgi ashram in Mishriwala area ofJammu.

"With Operation Sindoor, we have avenged Pahalgam. I am proud of our soldiers and armed forces. Our war was to teach Pakistan a lesson," he said.

Sinha met the families displaced by the recent cross-border shelling and reassured them of the government's full support.

"Our armed forces have time and again demonstrated their capabilit...