PM Modi holds high-level meet to address Pahalgam terror attack
PM Modi holds
high-level meet to address Pahalgam terror attack
PM Modi convened a
high-level meet to address Pahalgam terror attack and J&K’s
security on Tuesday 29 April.The meeting comes a day before the Cabinet Committee on Security is due to meet.
PM Modi has given the armed forces ‘complete freedom to decide on the mode, targets, and timing’ of India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack. The message was delivered as the Prime Minister met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, and Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan.
As per sources PM
‘re-affirmed that it is national resolve to deal a crushing blow to terrorism’ and that he has ‘complete faith and confidence’ in the Indian military.
Shortly after the meeting concluded Home Minister Amit Shah reached the PM’s residence.
The PM’s message, sources explained, greenlights military action against the terrorists who killed 26 people, mostly civilians, in the worst such incident since the Pulwama attack in February 2019.
Then India conducted precision air strikes on terrorist camps in Balakot in Pakistan. The camps were run by banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed with help from the Pak Army.
After Pahalgam, security agencies said the available evidence pointed to Pakistan again. Diplomats from the US, Russia, China, Japan, and some European nations have been briefed on this material.
The government has already rolled out a series of diplomatic restrictions on Pakistan Cancel Visas, Stop Water
In the first round of responses Delhi revoked visas for Pakistan nationals, except for Pak Hindus and those with long-term stay approvals. The government had also revoked medical visas.
All notified visas issued to Pak nationals expired on Sunday, April 27, leading to a long line of Pakistani citizens at border crossings, including the famous Attari-Wagah checkpoint.
When the revocation order was first issued, nearly 1,000 Pak nationals have left India, with Home Minister Amit Shah personally asking chief ministers to enforce the order.
As part of further diplomatic restrictions on Pakistan, India had also suspended the Indus Waters Treaty, a critical water-sharing deal that gives Pak nearly 85 per cent of its supply.
The suspension of the IWT, signed in 1960, was met with fury by Pakistan, which called it “an act of war”. Islamabad has since also revoked all visas for Indian nationals and ejected hundreds.
Pak also revoked visas and held other bilateral deals, like the Simla Agreement, in abeyance.
Since then a top defense official warned of possible war with India.
News Edit KV Raman
