During an interaction with the Indian Community in Tokyo on Saturday, Hemang Joshi noted that no religious riot took place, and every Indian stood together after the attack.
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Tariq Hamid Karra on Saturday said that Poonch district in the Union Territory was the worst affected by Pakistan's recent cross-border shelling.
Speaking ahead of his departure for the global outreach program, Sahney condemned Pakistan's attempts to give the attack a religious colour and affirmed India's commitment to peace while defending its right to retaliate against terrorism.
Khurshid said that India and Pakistan had two paths to choose from during independence in 1947, and India decided that all communities would live together in peace.
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla on Saturday launched a scathing attack on Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for "speaking the language of Pakistan" and said that Congress and Pakistan had now been hyphenated.
Congress MP and AICC in charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Syed Naseer Hussain, on Saturday condemned Pakistan's recent cross-border shelling in Poonch, which targeted places of worship, including Gurudwaras, Churches, Madrasas, and Temples, resulting in 13 deaths and significant damage.
Communist Party of India-Marxist MP John Brittas, who is part of the multi-party delegation to Japan, on Saturday called Pakistan a "theocratic state", and criticised them for terrorist activities in an attempt to "pull India down."
Harish highlighted Pakistan's violation of the treaty's spirit through its support for cross-border terrorism and its obstructionist approach to modifying the treaty.