All-party meeting on Pahalgam attack ends: Rijiju says Centre expressed intention to take stringent action-OxBig News Network

An all-party meeting called by the Central Government concluded at the Parliament Annexe building. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, EAM Dr S Jaishankar were present in the meeting. After attending the all-party meeting convened by the central government, Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said, “Everyone condemned the Pahalgam terror attack. He said the opposition has given full support to the government to take any action.

After attending the all-party meeting, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Defence Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the meeting, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was also there. All parties condemned the attack and said that efforts should be made to maintain peace in Jammu and Kashmir.

After the all-party meeting, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said, “The Defence Minister informed about the incident that happened in Pahalgam and the actions taken by the Indian government in the CCS meeting. This incident is very sad. Due to which everyone in the country is worried, keeping this in mind, the Indian government has also expressed its intention to take more stringent action today…”

After attending the all-party meeting, AAP MP Sanjay Singh said, “The entire nation is angry, sad and the nation wants the central government to give a befitting reply to the terrorists in their language. The way they have killed the innocent people, their camps should be destroyed and action should also be taken against Pakistan…This incident took place on 22nd April and on 20th April, that place without the information of security agencies was opened…The security agencies had no information about it…We have demanded that the accountability needs to be fixed and action should be taken as to why there was a security lapse…”

TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said, “Security lapses were discussed. We assured the government that all political parties will stand by the government, whatever decisions they take for the interest of the country.”

A two-minute silence was observed during the all-party meeting called by the Central Government to honour the innocent lives lost in the Pahalgam terror attack.

Others attending the meeting include Congress President and Rajya Sabha opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MP and Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, and other prominent leaders.

The Central government has called for an all-party meeting to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack. Earlier in the day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan in the national capital to brief her about the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam.

Terrorists attacked tourists at Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam on Tuesday, killing 25 Indian nationals and one Nepali citizen while leaving several others injured, in one of the deadliest attacks in the valley since the 2019 Pulwama strike in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed.

Following the attack, India has taken strong countermeasures against Pakistan for its support of cross-border terrorism.

In the Cabinet Committee on Security meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah, India decided to hold the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures its support for cross-border terrorism and has closed the integrated Attari Check Post.

India has also declared the officials of the Pakistani High Commission persona non grata and ordered them to leave India within a week. The country further decided to cancel any visas provided under the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES) and ordered Pakistan to leave the country within 48 hours.

The government of India has decided to suspend visa services for Pakistani nationals immediately. All existing valid visas issued by India to Pakistani nationals stand revoked with effect from 27 April 2025, the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.