
Throughout a International Investor Convention, Patil delivered a speech, and when the organisers introduced that he could be welcomed with a bouquet, the Union Minister mentioned that he wouldn’t settle for the honour.
Talking in Gujarati to the individual conducting the stage, Patil mentioned, “No welcome, until there may be revenge.”
Surat, Gujarat: Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil refused to simply accept any honour on the International Summit, stating he won’t settle for felicitation till India avenges the Pahalgam terror assault pic.twitter.com/Ns8ZrkZQ0V
— IANS (@ians_india) May 3, 2025
In keeping with ANI, organisers supplied to honour him with a memento, however Patil refused to simply accept that as nicely.
An individual on the stage introduced that the Union Minister has determined that “he won’t be welcomed by a bouquet or a memento until the Pahalgam terror assault is avenged”.
Pahalgam Terror Assault And Its Aftermath
On April 22, terrorists opened hearth in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam and killed 26 individuals. Following this, the federal government convened an all-party assembly, and the Opposition events expressed their full assist for any motion taken towards the perpetrators of the assault.
Within the briefing to the Cupboard Committee on Safety assembly, the cross-border linkages of the terrorist assault had been introduced out.
After the assault, the federal government introduced varied measures, together with suspending the Indus Water Treaty of 1960, meaning to ship a message to Pakistan for its assist of cross-border terrorism. Later, the Central authorities gave the armed forces full operational freedom to resolve on the mode, targets, and timing of India’s response.
On Saturday, New Delhi additionally introduced a collection of punitive measures towards Islamabad, together with banning all imports and transit of products from the neighbouring nation.
(with companies’ inputs)