"India will give a befitting reply": Jyotiraditya Scindia vows strong response to Pahalgam attack

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 25 (ANI): Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir. Scindia assured that India will give a befitting reply to the brutal killing of innocent people.
Scindia cited Prime Minister Modi's statement, emphasising that the government will identify and neutralise the sources of terrorist activities.
Speaking in Gwalior, Scindia said, "India will give a befitting reply to the brutal killing of innocent people, and as Prime Minister Modi himself has said, we will find them and we will barren the land where terrorist activities are born..."
He called the terrorists inhuman and highlighted that those who dare to attack India forget that it is Bharat Mata, evoking a sense of national pride and unity.
"I would even say they are not human. But those who have tried to attack the soul of India have forgotten that this is Bharat Mata (Mother India). When a challenge arises, every citizen, every person, rises together with one voice against such wicked forces," said Scindia.
Referring to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Minister assured that India would respond to the killing of civilians with full force.
"Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we will give such a response that no such evil ideology will ever dare to rise again."
Highlighting the resolve of the Indian people and government, Scindia stated, "India stands united, with one voice, against this. Every citizen stands together. Watch how this unfolds."
He warned that the current action is only the beginning of a broader strategy.
"The Government of India and the people of India, with one resolve, will take every possible action against such elements. And this... is just the beginning."
This comes after 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen were killed in Pahalgam on Tuesday, in one of the deadliest attacks in the valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed.
On Friday, Several people from the Muslim community offered Friday prayers (Namaz) wearing black bands in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal to mark their protest against Pahalgam terror attack.
The people offered their namaz at Bhopal's biggest Taj-ul-Masjid and also raised slogans against Pakistan.
On Thursday, while addressing people at National Panchayati Raj Day in Bihar's Madhubani, Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a stern warning in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack and said that India will "pursue the terrorists to the end of the earth."
PM Modi added that the entire nation is saddened by the brutality with which terrorists killed innocent civilians in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22.
"On April 22, terrorists killed innocent people of the country in J-K's Pahalgam... The country is in mourning and in pain following this incident. We stand with the families of the victims. Today, from the soil of Bihar, India will identify, track and punish every terrorist, their handlers and their backers. We will pursue them to the end of the earth. India's spirit will never be broken by Terrorism. Terrorism will not go unpunished. Every effort will be made to ensure that justice is done. The entire nation is firm in this resolve. Everyone who believes in humanity is on our side. I thank the people of various countries and their leaders, who have stood with us in these times," PM Modi said.
"I want to say in very clear words that these terrorists and those who conspired towards this attack will get a punishment bigger than they can imagine. The willpower of 140 crore Indians will now break the back of the masters of terror," he added. (ANI)