Pahalgam terror attack: Congress Working Committee meet begins in Delhi-OxBig News Network

The emergency Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting called in the wake of Pahalgam terror attack began at the party’s Akbar Road office in New Delhi on Thursday morning.

The terror attack in Pahalgam, a famed tourist destination in south Kashmir, left 26 people dead and several injured. The attack on tourists took place in the meadows of Pahalgam on Tuesday.

The party’s top brass, including president Mallikarjun Kharge, CWC chairperson Sonia Gandhi, senior leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and KC Venugopal, and several other top leaders, including P Chidambaram, Meira Kumar, Anand Sharma, Pawan Khera, Mukul Wasnik, Abhishek Manu Singhvi, are attending the meeting.

Silence was observed as a mark of homage to the Pahalgam terror attack victims

Congress leader Rahul, who was in US to deliver a lecture at Rhodes University, cut short his visit over the Pahalgam attack and returned to Delhi.

“This is not a time for partisan politics. It is a moment for collective resolve to ensure justice for those who lost their lives and for their grieving families, by bringing the perpetrators of this terror attack to justice,” Congress President Kharge said during a press conference in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The Congress chief said this is a direct attack on the Indian state. “The entire nation is in a shock. A Pakistani terrorist organisation has claimed responsibility. We must give a befitting response. We are all one and we will fight. There should not be claims without doing or without properly managing and finger-pointing,” he said.