India's security personnel and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) jointly addressed a briefing. In it, India reiterated once again that the terror attack in Pahalgam was the original escalation of the recent tension with Pakistan. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that Pakistan had opposed the mention of the terror organisation The Resistance Front (TRF) in the United Nations Security Council statement regarding the Pahalgam attack.

Misri clarified that this happened even though the group had claimed responsibility for the attack two times.

Colonel Sofiya Qureshi stated, "During the press conference on May 7, it was made clear that Pakistani military sites were not targeted. But on the intervening night of May 7 and 8, Pakistan targeted several military sites in North and Western India such as Awantipora, Srinagar, Jammu, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, etc."

Vikram Misri said, "First of all, there is mention on all sides of escalation. I think the first point that you have to keep in mind is that the attack in Pahalgam on April 22 was the original escalation, and the Indian Armed Forces only replied to that escalation on May 7."

He further said, "I want to invite your attention to the involvement of the group called The Resistance Front in this attack. I pointed this out yesterday that this is a group that is a known front for a well-known Pakistan-based organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba. The group has been reported earlier."

Misri reiterated, "Our approach is not to escalate the situation. We only responded to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack."

He also said, "Pakistan's reputation as the centre of global terrorism is rooted in various terrorist attacks across the globe. Pakistan pursued cross-border terrorism against India for decades."

Misri added, "Pakistan's reputation as the epicentre of global terrorism is rooted in a number of instances... I don't need to remind where Osama Bin Laden was found and who called him a martyr... Pakistan is also home to a large number of UN-proscribed terrorists and also to terrorists proscribed by many countries... You must have seen in the last few days, their Defence Minister and former Foreign Minister accepted their country's involvement with such terror groups."

He further stated, "Yesterday, Pakistan launched a targeted attack on the Sikh community of J&K – hitting a gurdwara in Poonch and hitting the Sikh community members, who came under attack. Three individuals were killed in the attacks... A total of 16 civilians have been killed in Poonch and several others have been injured."