No Welcome…: Jal Shakti Minister Refuses Bouquet At Surat Event Over Pahalgam Terror Attack

Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil on Saturday refused to simply accept a bouquet right through an tournament in Gujarat’s Surat and stated that ‘no welcome until revenge,’ it sounds as if relating to the Pahalgam terror assault.  

During a Global Investor Conference, Patil delivered a speech, and when the organisers introduced that he can be welcomed with a bouquet, the Union Minister stated that he would no longer settle for the respect.

Speaking in Gujarati to the individual accomplishing the degree, Patil stated, “No welcome, till there is revenge.”

Surat, Gujarat: Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil refused to simply accept any honour on the Global Summit, mentioning he’ll no longer settle for felicitation till India avenges the Pahalgam terror assault pic.twitter.com/Ns8ZrkZQ0V
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According to ANI, organisers presented to honour him with a souvenir, however Patil refused to simply accept that as smartly. 

An individual at the degree introduced that the Union Minister has made up our minds that “he will not be welcomed by a bouquet or a memento till the Pahalgam terror attack is avenged”. 

Pahalgam Terror Attack And Its Aftermath

On April 22, terrorists opened fireplace in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam and killed 26 other folks. Following this, the federal government convened an all-party assembly, and the Opposition events expressed their complete improve for any motion taken towards the perpetrators of the assault.

In the briefing to the Cabinet Committee on Security assembly, the cross-border linkages of the terrorist assault had been introduced out. 

After the assault, the federal government introduced quite a lot of measures, together with postponing the Indus Water Treaty of 1960, meaning to ship a message to Pakistan for its improve of cross-border terrorism. Later, the Central govt gave the military entire operational freedom to come to a decision at the mode, goals, and timing of India’s reaction.

On Saturday, New Delhi additionally introduced a chain of punitive measures towards Islamabad, together with banning all imports and transit of products from the neighbouring nation. 

(with businesses’ inputs)