'It was the right method to reply to Pakistan': Omar Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir politicians on Wednesday backed India’s Operation Sindoor, the strikes carried out in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied in Kashmir (PoK). Chief minister Omar Abdullah told a news agency PTI that India used its “right to respond” in targeting Pakistan infrastructure.". I think the Centre and security forces have gone out of the way to ensure no military and civilian targets were hit in Pakistan. They have only hit terror bases,” Omar was quoted as saying by PTI. He castigated the response Pakistani shelling of J&K villages. “Unfortunately, the response has been anything but proportionate. As reports are coming in, Pakistan has gone out of its way to target civilians. We are dealing with the situation as it develops,” he said.

#WATCH | Srinagar: On #OperationSindoor, J&K CM Omar Abdullah says, " It began with Pahalgam where our 26 innocent civilians killed and govt had said that we will get a befitting reply...This was the right method to reply...only terror sites in Pakistan were hit not military area… pic.twitter.com/Qkd7mXP6gP

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He said that while no one in the country wants a war, it was not India who started this and in fact, Pakistan had started this with the killings of innocent civilians in Kashmir's Pahalgam on April 22."They started it, not us...we were living peacefully...we did not start this...none of us want war...we want the situation to improve again, but first Pakistan needs to lower their guns," he further said.