Full support to government to take any action: Rahul Gandhi at Pahalgam all-party meeting

The Opposition on Thursday offered ‘full support’ to the Centre, with the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi saying, “Everyone condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack. The opposition has given full support to the government to take any action.”

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge reportedly said that all parties condemned the attack.

“We said that efforts should be made to maintain peace in Jammu and Kashmir,” added Kharge.

The Central government on Thursday briefed leaders of various political parties on the Pahalgam terror attack and heard their views at an all-party meeting chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and addressed by Home Minister Amit Shah.

Union Ministers JP Nadda and Kiren Rijiju also attended the meeting.

Kiren Rijiju said that defence minister Singh informed the members about the incident and the actions following it.

All parties with more than five MPs were invited to the crucial meeting, which saw many regional and smaller parties being prevented from joining the deliberations. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), led by Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, was one such outfit whose representative could not attend the meeting.

The government had convened a similar all-party meeting in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack in 2019 or during the India-China standoff in 2020.

The terror strike in Pahalgam, which killed 28 people on Tuesday, triggered widespread condemnation from across the global spectrum.

(with inputs from syndicated feed)