‘Merge PoK With India’: Telangana CM Urges PM Modi After Pahalgam Terror Assault – News18
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Reddy urged for unity, saying it isn’t the time for politics, and his authorities stands able to assist the Prime Minister throughout this era.
Telangana CM Revanth Reddy (File Picture)
In protest in opposition to the Pahalgam terror assault, which claimed 26 lives, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday led a candle march and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide a befitting reply to Pakistan and merge Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) with India.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi and different Congress leaders accompanied Reddy in a present of opposition unity. The Telangana CM supplied condolences to the victims of the assault and stated the Centre must act decisively to forestall the recurrence of such incidents.
Former Union Minister Salman Khurshid, different Telangana ministers and worldwide delegates, who had arrived for a two-day ‘Bharat Summit’ within the state, additionally participated within the march.
The Chief Minister reminisced about former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s comparability of Indira Gandhi to Goddess Durga, citing her robust management through the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation Battle and India’s response to the 1967 India-China battle.
“It was the courageous Indira Gandhi who separated Bangladesh from Pakistan… You (PM Modi) keep in mind ‘Durga Mata’. Take motion, whether or not it’s attacking Pakistan or some other measure. As we speak, steps must be taken in opposition to Pakistan. This isn’t the time for compromise. A befitting reply must be given. Transfer forward, and we are going to stand with you. The 140 crore Indians are with you,” he stated.
Reddy stated, “Make Pakistan into two components. Merge PoK with India. We are going to stand with you. You’re a devotee of Durga Mata. Keep in mind Indira ji.”
He urged for unity, saying it’s not the time for politics, and his authorities stands able to assist the Prime Minister throughout this era.
Owaisi, in a publish on X, stated: “We’re all united in opposition to terrorism. Together with @revanth_anumula & 1000’s of Indian residents, I participated in a candlelight march in opposition to the cowardly Pahalgam terror assault.”
He handed out black armbands at a mosque forward of Friday prayers, asking folks to put on them in solidarity and protest in opposition to the Pahalgam terror assault.
This comes after 26 vacationers, together with one Nepali citizen, have been killed within the terror assault in J-Ok’s Pahalgam on Tuesday. The assault was the deadliest strike because the 2019 Pulwama strike.
The Resistance Entrance, a shadow group of the banned Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group, claimed accountability for the assault.
In response to the assault, India scaled again diplomatic relations with Pakistan, implementing a number of measures, together with suspending the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty and cancelling visa companies for Pakistani residents.
In retaliation, Pakistan additionally introduced a sequence of measures, together with closing its airspace for Indian airways. Islamabad additionally stated that any transfer to divert water meant for it below the pact could be thought-about an “Act of Battle.”
