They said that the army and police were conducting coordinated joint operations in many areas including Shahsitar, Ghursay, Sanai and Hidarathop to neutralize terrorists.
“We strongly and unequivocally condemn this dastardly terrorist attack and stand united with the nation in the fight against terrorism,” Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on the X website.
He claimed that while “there were no major terrorist incidents in the region between 2007 and 2014”, the Surankot terror attack was part of a worrying trend of terror attacks, particularly targeting security personnel, that occurred in Hilly area near Rajouri Poonch.
“It is of grave concern that since January 1, 2023, 25 of our brave security personnel and 8 innocent civilians have lost their lives in the Rajouri Poonch area. In comparison, there were no deaths in the area during 2007 There were major terrorist incidents in 2014,” he said.
Ramesh asserted that after June 4, the Congress and its India Group partners will spare no effort to strengthen the anti-terror network and fully support our brave soldiers.
“Our approach will also be to transcend religious and ethnic affiliations and continuously empower the political class and civil society, which will support our heroic forces in collective social deterrence against terrorists in the Rajouri-Poonch region, a vast The area, the hills,” he said.
This will make them equal partners in achieving peace and security in this sensitive and strategic region, Ramesh added.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said in an X post on Saturday evening that the Congress strongly and unequivocally condemns this “despicable terrorist attack” and joins the nation in the fight against terrorism.
“We express our deepest condolences to the families of the brave airmen who made the ultimate sacrifice. We wish the injured airmen a speedy recovery and sincerely pray for them. India is united for our soldiers,” Kharg said.
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the cowardly terror attack on a convoy of security personnel in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir, was “very shameful and sad”.
“I pay high tribute to this martyr and express my condolences to his family. I hope the soldiers injured in the attack recover as soon as possible,” he said on X on Saturday.
