Kashmir: Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and others condemn Pulwama attacks

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At least thirty CRPF soldiers have lost their lives in one of the deadliest terror attacks to have taken place in the country. The incident took place when some 2,547 CRPF personnel were coming in a convoy of 78 vehicles from the transit camp in Jammu and headed to Srinagar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condemned the "dastardly attack" on the CRPF in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district which left at least 30 troopers dead. He tweeted, "Attack on CRPF personnel in Pulwama is despicable. I strongly condemn this dastardly attack. The sacrifices of our brave security personnel shall not go in vain. The entire nation stands shoulder to shoulder with the families of the brave martyrs. May the injured recover quickly." He also added, "Spoke to Home Minister Rajnath Singh Ji and other top officials regarding the situation in the wake of the attack in Pulwama.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi termed the attacks as 'cowardly' and said "I'm deeply disturbed by the cowardly attack on a #CRPF convoy in J&K in which many of our brave CRPF men have been martyred and a large number wounded, some critically. My condolences to the families of our martyrs. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured."

BJP President Amit Shah took to Twitter to express his pain and wrote, "Pained beyond words by the terror attack on our soldiers in Pulwama (J&K). It is an act of cowardice. My deepest condolences are with the families of our soldiers who have lost their lives. Our forces will remain firm against such acts of terror and defeat them."

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was also saddened with the news. She wrote, Saddened that 13 CRPF jawans became martyrs today in Pulwama. We salute our brave jawans and extend our solidarity and condolences to their families. Our prayers for those injured. We wish them a speedy recovery. More news coming in that the death toll of CRPF jawans at Pulwama has now risen. We condemn this violence. Thoughts and prayers with the grieving families of our brave martyrs."

Chief Ministers Amarinder Singh and Devendra Fadnavis also tweeted.

Other politicians including Kirron Kher and Vasundhara Raje also condemned the attacks strongly.

This is one of the worst terror strikes in the state since the Uri attack in 2016.

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