“Efforts should be made to maintain peace in J-K”: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said all parties condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack during an all-party meeting and called for efforts to maintain peace in Jammu and Kashmir. After attending the all-party meeting convened by the central government, Kharge stated, “Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the meeting, Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said all parties condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack during an all-party meeting and called for efforts to maintain peace in Jammu and Kashmir.

After attending the all-party meeting convened by the central government, Kharge stated, “Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the meeting, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also there. All parties condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack. We said that efforts should be made to maintain peace in Jammu and Kashmir.”

The Central government on Thursday called a meeting to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack.

Union Minister and BJP National President JP Nadda, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Congress President, Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi were among other prominent leaders who attended today’s meeting.

Additionally, Ram Gopal Yadav (SP), Supriya Sule (NCP-SP), Shrikant Shinde (NCP), Praful Patel (NCP), Prem Chand Gupta (RJD), Tiruchi Siva (DMK), Sasmit Patra (BJD), Sanjay Singh (AAP), Sudip Bandopadhyay (TMC), Mithun Reddy (YSRC), and BJP’s Anil Baluni, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi also attended the meeting.

Terrorists attacked tourists at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen while leaving several others injured, in one of the deadliest attacks in the valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed.