Rahul Gandhi meets Pahalgam terror assault sufferer Lt. Vinay Narwal’s kin in Karnal

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on the residence of Lt. Vinay Narwal.
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Chief of Opposition (LoP) within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (Might 6, 2025) met the members of the family of Navy officer Lt. Vinay Narwal, who was killed within the terrorist assault in Pahalgam.

Accompanied by senior Congress chief B.Okay. Hariprasad, who’s the occasion’s Haryana affairs in-charge, the LoP reached Karnal in Haryana within the afternoon.

Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan, Congress’ Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda and occasion chief Divyanshu Budhiraja have been additionally current when Mr. Gandhi arrived.

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After paying his tributes to the naval officer upon reaching his residence, Mr. Gandhi spent greater than one-and-a-half hours with Narwal’s household. Talking to reporters later, Mr. Hooda mentioned Mr. Gandhi consoled the household.

Haryana Congress chief Mr. Bhan informed PTI that Mr. Gandhi consoled the household and shared their grief. “He met with the members of the family, together with his dad and mom,” mentioned Mr. Bhan. After assembly the household, Mr. Gandhi left for Delhi, he mentioned.

Married three weeks in the past, 26-year-old Lt. Vinay Narwal, accompanied by his spouse Ms. Himanshi, was on a honeymoon journey to Pahalgam when terrorists shot him at level clean on April 22.

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Per week in the past, Mr. Gandhi additionally visited the members of the family of Shubham Dwivedi, who was among the many 26 individuals killed within the Pahalgam terror assault.

Stressing that strict and concrete motion needs to be taken towards the terrorists, Mr. Gandhi had then mentioned the united opposition had given full assist to the federal government.

Apart from these killed, a number of individuals have been injured when terrorists opened hearth at a meadow close to the favored vacationer city of Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.