New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
The meeting comes in the wake of the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Tuesday in which 26 men, mostly tourists and including a Nepalese citizen, were gunned down in cold blood.
“Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah and Minister of External Affairs, Dr S Jaishankar called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan,” the President’s office said in a post on X, along with a picture of the meeting.
In the targeted attack, a group of terrorists killed male tourists milling around eateries, taking pony rides or just picnicking with their families at the meadow touted as ‘Mini Switzerland’ for its serene beauty.
Meanwhile, Union minister G Kishan Reddy said his colleague Amit Shah has pledged full support to the tourists from southern states stranded in Jammu and Kashmir since the Pahalgam terror attack.
In a social media post, the Telangana BJP chief, who is also coal and mines minister, said he spoke to Union Minister Shah about such tourists, who were disturbed with the violence.
“Hon’ble HM has assured full support and assistance to the tourists to return safely to their respective places following the unfortunate incident,” he said.
All travel arrangements for their return are being coordinated by the government of India, he added.
Scores of tourists from the southern states, who were vacationing in Kashmir, have been stranded ever since Tuesday’s terrorist attack, according to sources.
In a most fierce attack on civilians in a long time, terrorists gunned down 26 people in a meadow in the Pahalgam region of Kashmir. At least 20 others were wounded in the chaos that erupted after the attack.
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