‘No Welcome…’: Jal Shakti Minister Refuses Bouquet At Surat Occasion Over Pahalgam Terror Assault | India Information

Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil on Saturday refused to just accept a bouquet throughout an occasion in Gujarat’s Surat and mentioned that ‘no welcome until revenge,’ apparently referring to the Pahalgam terror assault.
Throughout a International Investor Convention, Patil delivered a speech, and when the organisers introduced that he can be welcomed with a bouquet, the Union Minister mentioned that he wouldn’t settle for the honour.
Talking in Gujarati to the particular person conducting the stage, Patil mentioned, “No welcome, until there’s revenge.”
Surat, Gujarat: Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil refused to just accept any honour on the International Summit, stating he is not going to settle for felicitation till India avenges the Pahalgam terror assault pic.twitter.com/Ns8ZrkZQ0V
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Based on ANI, organisers supplied to honour him with a memento, however Patil refused to just accept that as properly.
An individual on the stage introduced that the Union Minister has determined that “he is not going to 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 fireplace in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam and killed 26 folks. Following this, the federal government convened an all-party assembly, and the Opposition events expressed their full help for any motion taken in opposition to the perpetrators of the assault.
Within the briefing to the Cupboard Committee on Safety assembly, the cross-border linkages of the terrorist assault have been introduced out.
After the assault, the federal government introduced varied measures, together with suspending the Indus Water Treaty of 1960, desiring to ship a message to Pakistan for its help of cross-border terrorism. Later, the Central authorities gave the armed forces full operational freedom to determine on the mode, targets, and timing of India’s response.
On Saturday, New Delhi additionally introduced a collection of punitive measures in opposition to Islamabad, together with banning all imports and transit of products from the neighbouring nation.
(with businesses’ inputs)