Key Takeaways
- The Pulwama attack occurred on February 14, 2019 and resulted in the loss of 40 soldiers lives.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid tribute to the Pulwama martyrs.
- India responded to the Pulwama attack with surgical strikes and the demolition of terrorist hideouts in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday paid tributes to the martyrs of the Pulwama terror attack in 2019.
In his message on the social media platform ‘X’ on Friday, Modi wrote, “Tributes to the brave heroes who lost their lives in Pulwama in the year 2019. Generations to come will never forget their sacrifice and dedication to the nation.
In his message, Shah said, “On behalf of the grateful nation, I pay my heartfelt tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives in the cowardly terror attack in Pulwama on this day in 2019.
Terrorism is the biggest enemy of the entire human race and the whole world is united against it. Whether it is surgical strikes or air strikes, the Modi government is determined to eradicate terrorists by running a campaign against them with a policy of ‘zero tolerance’.
On February 14, 2019, terrorists of the Jaishe-Mohammed organization carried out a dastardly attack on a Central Reserve Police Force convoy in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. A total of 40 soldiers lost their lives in this attack.
In response, India carried out surgical strikes and demolished terrorist hideouts in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, in which many terrorists were killed.
