Congress MP Shashi Tharoor responded to a question on why Operation against Pakistan after Pahalgam terror attack was named after Sindoor (vermillion). Explaining sindoor's significance for married Hindu women, Tharoor said, "Terrorists wiped [sindoor] off foreheads of 26 Indian women." He added, "There's a Hindi expression, 'khoon ka badla khoon'- here it was 'sindoor ka badla khoon'."