All government and private schools in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district will remain closed on Wednesday, April 23, in view of a complete shutdown in the Kashmir valley issued by various associations in the area, according to an official statement.
"This is an intelligence failure. The government has to analyse whether its deterrence policy is successful. This incident is more condemnable than the Uri and Pulwama attacks. The terrorists targeted civilians this time. It is a massacre. We demand from the government that accountability
Congress MP KC Venugopal on Wednesday reached Srinagar to pay homage to the victims of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, calling it a "shocking and condemnable incident."
"The attack on innocent tourists in Pahalgam by the terrorists is a grave and inhuman incident, which should be condemned by all the sections of the society. Terror activities in J&K have already come to zero. This incident definitely has a foreign hand behind it," Rao told ANI.
PoJK political activist Amjad Ayub Mirza, speaking from Glasgow, condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, blaming Pakistan Army and ISI for orchestrating the violence. He called for decisive action beyond internal security, urging strikes on terror launchpads in PoJK.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy on Wednesday strongly condemned the recent terrorist attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
The recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which targeted innocent tourists, has sparked a wave of condemnation from both political leaders and celebrities alike.
"The thing is that there is a lot of injustice in the world, this is the rude face, where the people who do not want to fight, just came for seeing the place, it is a shameless act to attack them, it is a crime. However much this (terror attack) is resisted against is less," he told ANI.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) member Maulana Khalid Rasheed of Farangi Mahali on Monday strongly condemned the killings of tourists in the Pahalgam terrorist attack, which has caused a stir across the country, and demanded punishment for those involved in the killings while
Following the terrorist attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday, the political parties as well as traders' unions in the region have collectively called for a complete shutdown in the Kashmir valley on Wednesday to show solidarity with the victims' families and to condemn the attack.