Former cupboard minister Rana Gurjit Singh, Ravinder Dalvi, co-incharge, All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary and Bharat Bhushan Ashu, working president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee condemned the Pahalgam terrorist assault through which vacationers had been focused. The leaders said that the Congress prolonged its full assist to the federal government of India to take care of the fear within the wake of Pahalgam terror assault.
Rana Gurjeet with different congress leaders addressing the media individuals in Ludhiana on Thursday. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
The leaders additionally accused Pakistan of finishing up such assaults in numerous elements of India – together with Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir.
The occasion additionally warned in opposition to letting down the guard in Punjab notably in view of a sequence of terror assaults like hurling grenades at police stations, temples and homes of political leaders.
Rana Gurjit Singh said that Pakistan is repeatedly smuggling medicine and weapons to disturb regulation and order state of affairs right here. He added that the Congress Working Committee has already condemned the assault and handed a decision extending full assist and cooperation to the federal government. He additionally prolonged deepest condolences to the bereaved households.
Rana mentioned, it is a problem to the nation’s unity and integrity, and that is the time for all of us to battle the enemy collectively. The previous minister additionally drew the eye of disturbing incidents in Punjab just like the common and frequent grenade assaults on police stations and spiritual locations. He identified, the federal government has itself admitted that medicine and weapons had been being smuggled in from Pakistan with the assistance of drones.
Rana assured that the Congress occasion will at all times stay on the forefront within the battle in opposition to terrorism. He identified that a number of Congress leaders together with two Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajeev Gandhi, chief minister Beant Singh and plenty of others had laid down their lives to guard and safeguard peace and unity and integrity of the nation.
He mentioned, so many individuals in Ludhiana like Joginderpal Pandey, Satpal Prashar, Radhey Shyam Malhotra, Dr Kalicharan and others had laid down their lives combating in opposition to terrorism.
Rana Gurjit Singh ducked the query over the controversial remarks of Robert Vadra for stating that Pahalgam terror assaults had been invoked by Hindutva accusations. Rana Gurjit Singh said that he’s not conscious of such a press release.
Talking on the event, Ashu mentioned, the Congress will at all times hold the nationwide safety above the occasion pursuits. Nevertheless, he focused the state’s Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP) authorities over repeated incidents of assault on police institutions, homes of political leaders.
Former cupboard ministers Sunder Sham Arora, Rakesh Pandey, apart from Barinder Dhillon and Shyam Sunder Malhotra had been additionally current within the press convention.
The Congress leaders later led a candlelight march, which handed by totally different elements of Ghumar Mandi space to precise solidarity with the households of the victims of the fear assault. A whole bunch of individuals joined the march to pay homage to the victims.