Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday took a veiled dig at Pakistan while describing the horror of the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack as he called out "cross-border terrorism," which some countries have made a key aspect of their policy and harbour terrorists.

He further mentioned that the pattern followed by terrorists in the Pahalgam attack matches with terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) previous attacks in India and that India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 to defend itself and deter cross-border terrorism as he called out Pakistan. 

"The pattern of Pahalgam terror attack matches with LeT's previous terror attacks in India. In exercising its right to defend against terrorism and pre-empt as well as deter further cross-border terrorist attacks, India on 7th May 2025 successfully launched Operation Sindoor to dismantle cross border terrorist infrastructure," he said.