
Addressing the media right here on the finish of his daylong go to to the Kashmir Valley within the wake of the Pahalgam assault, Gandhi mentioned, “It has been a horrible tragedy, and I got here right here to get a way of what’s taking place and to assist.”
“I met one of many injured as a result of the remainder of the injured have gone again dwelling. I guarantee the households who’ve misplaced their pricey ones that your entire nation stands as one with them,” he mentioned.
Noting that the “total J&Okay has condemned this horrible motion they usually have absolutely supported the nation this time”, he mentioned: “The concept of the assault was to divide the society and make brother combat brother. It is vitally essential that each particular person and your entire nation stands as one in order that we will defeat what the terrorists wish to do.”
Terming it “unhappy to see that some persons are attacking my brothers and sisters from Kashmir in the remainder of the nation”, Gandhi mentioned that it will be significant that each one of us stand collectively to defeat terrorism.
“We had a (all-party) assembly yesterday (on Thursday) and the united opposition has assured the federal government that we help no matter motion the federal government desires to take. I met the Chief Minister and the LG. They briefed me concerning the scenario. I assured them that my get together and I help the federal government in no matter motion they take to finish terrorism as soon as and for all,” the Congress chief asserted.
Earlier on Friday, Gandhi visited the Military’s Base Hospital in Badamibagh Cantonment space of Srinagar, the place he met one of many injured vacationers.
A complete of 26 civilians had been killed, and round two dozen individuals had been injured in that cowardly terror assault that came about in Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam.
As per Congress leaders, Rahul Gandhi met numerous delegations, together with these from the get together and commerce and tourism sectors. He additionally met Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
“Rahul Gandhi has include a message of ‘therapeutic the injuries’ of the individuals of the nation, together with Kashmiris, within the wake of the assault and its aftermath,” a Congress chief mentioned.
On his arrival, Gandhi was obtained by J&Okay Congress President, Tariq Hameed Karra and senior chief G.A. Mir on the airport.
Gandhi attended an all-party assembly on Thursday known as by the Centre to temporary events on the horrific terror assault, and prolonged his full help to the federal government’s motion.
He had lower quick his go to to the US to attend the essential assembly of the Congress Working Committee scheduled on Thursday.
On the all-party assembly held in New Delhi on Thursday, the Congress provided full help to the federal government to avenge the killings of harmless civilians in Pahalgam by the terrorists.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first response to the Pahalgam terror assault, mentioned in Bihar on Thursday that the terrorists liable for the Pahalgam assault, their handlers and backers would get such punishment they’d not even have imagined.
“The time has come to destroy the shrinking area of those terrorists and their backers. We’ll chase them to the ends of the earth”, the PM mentioned.