Pahalgam attack: Kharge, Rahul speak with HM Shah

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi have spoken with Home Minister Amit Shah, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and senior party leaders from the union territory to get an update on Tuesday’s horrific Pahalgam terror attack, asserting that the families of the victims deserve justice.

Kharge urged the Central government to talk to all the political parties to ensure security in Jammu and Kashmir. The Congress chief said that late on Tuesday night, he spoke to Home Minister Shah, J&K Chief Minister Abdullah, and senior J&K Congress leaders about the despicable carnage in Pahalgam that killed at least 26 people, mostly tourists.

“The perpetrators of this heinous terror attack must not go unpunished. The innocent victims must get justice,” Kharge said in a post on X. “Unity in action in the wake of adversity is the need of the hour. This cross-border terror attack should be responded to with an adequate and resolute reply,” he said.

“Government of India must talk to all the political parties to ensure security in Jammu and Kashmir



and make every possible effort to ensure the safety of tourists,” Kharge added.

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, also said he spoke to Shah, Abdullah, and J&K Congress chief Tariq Karra about the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam to get an update on the situation.

The Congress leader, who’s currently on a visit to the US, asserted that the families of the victims deserve justice and “our fullest support”. “Spoke with HM Amit Shah, J-K CM Omar Abdullah, and J-K PCC President Tariq Karra about the horrific Pahalgam terror attack. Received an update on the situation,” he said in a post on X.

On Tuesday, the Congress demanded the government to take accountability for the deadly terror attack instead of “making hollow claims” on the situation being normal in Jammu and Kashmir, saying an all-party meeting should be called to take all political parties into confidence.

The opposition party denounced the terror attack as a “blot on humanity” and said it should not go “unanswered effectively”.