Kharge, Rahul Gandhi speak with HM Shah, J-K CM; demand justice for victims'

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 Tuesdays horrific Pahalgam terror attack asserting that the families of the victims deserve justiceKharge urged the central government to talk to all the political parties to ensure security in Jammu and KashmirThe Congress chief said that late on Tuesday night he spoke to home minister Shah JK Chief Minister Abdullah and senior JK Congress leaders about the despicable carnage in Pahalgam that killed at least 26 people mostly touristsThe perpetrators of this heinous terror Pahalgam terror attack must not go unpunished The innocent victims must get justice Kharge said in a post on XUnity in action in the wake of adversity is the need of the hour This crossborder terror attack should be responded to with an adequate and resolute reply he saidGovernment 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 addedLeader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi also said he spoke to Shah Abdullah and JK Congress chief Tariq Karra about the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam to get an update on the situationThe Congress leader whos currently on a visit to the US asserted that the families of the victims deserve justice and our fullest supportSpoke with HM Amit Shah JK CM Omar Abdullah and JK PCC President Tariq Karra about the horrific Pahalgam terror attack Received an update on the situation he said in a post on XOn 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 allparty meeting should be called to take all political parties into confidenceThe opposition party denounced the terror attack as a blot on humanity and said it should not go unanswered effectivelyTerrorists struck a prime tourist location at Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday killing at least 26 people and injuring several others according to officialsThe deceased included two foreigners from the UAE and Nepal and two locals officials saidJammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Abdullah described the terror attack as much larger than anything weve seen directed at civilians in recent yearsRahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the news of tourists being killed and injured in the cowardly terrorist attack in Pahalgam was extremely condemnable and heartbreakingI express my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and hope for the speedy recovery of the injured he saidThe whole country is united against terrorism Instead of making hollow claims on the situation being normal in Jammu and Kashmir the government should now take accountability and take concrete steps so that such barbaric incidents do not happen in the future and innocent Indians do not lose their lives like this the Congress leader saidWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params