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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Minister and BJP National President JP Nadda leaves after an all-party meeting convened by the Centre on the Pahalgam terror attack, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 24, 2025.
All major political parties on Thursday expressed support for the Government’s action against those responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack. However, concerns were raised about how upstream flooding would be managed if the Indus Water Treaty remains in abeyance.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi will visit Srinagar on Friday. He also has a plan to meet the families of the victims.
The meeting began with a moment of silence observed to pay condolences to the victims who lost their lives. Then, the Government briefed leaders of various political parties on the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed 26 lives, and heard the Opposition’s views.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju represented the Government in the meeting.
“All parties have expressed their solidarity and also made an appeal that the entire country must stand united in this hour of grief,” Rijiju told reporters after the meeting which lasted for nearly two hours. He also said the Pahalgam attack was carried out to vitiate the atmosphere when the economy was up and tourism was booming.
Leaders across party lines sought decisive action to destroy terror camps. Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said the issue of possible security lapses was also discussed, but the Opposition assured that it was with the Government in the fight against terrorism.
“The nation must be totally united in this fight to eliminate terrorism,” he said. Coming out of the meeting, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that all parties demanded action by the Government for the destruction of terror camps.
AIMIM’s Asaduddin Owaisi reiterated that this incident should not be used as rift between Hindus and Muslims. While appreciating the moves the Cabinet Committee on Security decided, he also wanted to know what would happen to the water once the flow was checked.
Published on April 24, 2025
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