‘Salute to their braveness’: Rahul Gandhi in Poonch to fulfill Pakistani shelling victims
Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday visited Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district to fulfill households affected by the current cross-border shelling by Pakistani troops. The area was among the many worst hit throughout the four-day navy confrontation between India and Pakistan.
Throughout his go to, Rahul Gandhi interacted with grieving households who misplaced their family members and houses within the shelling. He described the devastation he witnessed, highlighting the ache and resilience of the residents.
“At present I met the households of those that misplaced their lives in Pakistan shelling in Poonch. Damaged homes, scattered belongings, moist eyes and painful tales of shedding family members in each nook – these patriotic households bear the largest burden of battle with braveness and dignity each time. Salute to their braveness,” Gandhi mentioned in a put up on social media platform X.
Expressing solidarity with the victims, he assured them that their voices wouldn’t go unheard. “I stand strongly with the sufferer households – I’ll undoubtedly increase their calls for and points on the nationwide stage,” he added.
Gandhi visited the properties which have been hit by Pakistani shelling in Poonch and met the households of those that died throughout the four-day navy battle. He met the household of Zoya and Zain, 12-year-old twins who died in cross-border shelling by Pakistan.
He additionally visited Poonch’s Gurudwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha, a spiritual website broken by shelling.
‘Research laborious, make mates’ – Rahul Gandhi tells Poonch college students
Throughout his go to to a faculty in Poonch, Gandhi met the scholars and addressed them. He mentioned, “Now, you’ve seen hazard and just a little little bit of a daunting scenario, however don’t fret, all the pieces will come again to regular. Your manner of responding to this drawback must be that you simply research and play actually laborious and make loads of mates in class.”
The four-day navy battle between the 2 nations erupted after India focused as many as 9 terror websites in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir below ‘Operation Sindoor’ on Might 7. The operation was launched to avenge the victims of the devastating terror assault in Pahalgam on April 22 wherein 26 individuals have been killed, most of whom have been vacationers.
Pakistan focused civilian areas in border cities of India throughout the battle, ensuing within the loss of life of 13 individuals in Poonch district alone.
Individuals in Poonch, which is near the Line of Management (LoC) needed to evacuate from their properties and search refuge in government-run reduction camps resulting from firing and shelling by Pakistan.
That is Gandhi’s second go to to Jammu and Kashmir for the reason that Pahalgam terror assault however first since Operation Sindoor. Earlier, Gandhi visited Srinagar on April 25 to fulfill these injured within the terror assault.
With PTI, ANI inputs.
