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the females of the family and took their
phone number, Rahul Gandhi said he
was sad as well as proud of Amit Kori.
“In these moments of grief, we are with
you. His father told us that he is sad, but
at the same time proud of his son. The Uttar Pradesh
family gave their entire life for their son witnessed protests
and the son gave his life for the country.
The entire country wants to thank you all over the state
for the sacrifice your son has made. The that lost 12 brave
son gave his love, body and heart to the
country. We can never forget this sacri- hearts in the
fice,” Rahul Gandhi consoled. Pulwama terror
The UP Sugarcane Minister
Suresh Rana was also present in attack. All the
the prayer meeting, but was over-
shadowed by presence of congress political leaders
heavyweights. The Gandhi siblings immediately started
were accompanied by Jyotiraditya
Scindhia and state Congress chief, visiting the homes of
Raj Babbar and travelled by road to martyrs of the state
the place with his large cavalcade of
local supporters. The Gandhi siblings in their vicinity
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• action missing Opposition leaders earlier
said public want a response on Pulwama attack
then went on to visit the house of
Pradeep Kumar, another CRPF jawans
who lost his life in the Pulwama terror
attack. Among the 40 CRPF soldiers
killed in the attack, 12 hailed from Ut-
tar Pradesh, including two from Shamli
district of the state.
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh
Yadav also pushed Modi government to
corner over the death of soldiers, ask-
ing, “What is the government waiting
for.” “Till when will the three day period
of mourning keep getting extended?
Every day we get news of the brave
martyrdom of our jawans while smiling
BJP politicians accompany their funeral
processions. Why is the government
waiting and watching?” he tweeted. His
tweet also tagged a news report with
the headline “Four Army personnel in-
cluding Major martyred in encounter
with terrorists in Pulwama.”
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Maya-
wati, meanwhile, advised PM Modi
that he should put off all his political
assignments and find out who were
the real perpetrators behind the blast
and reach to the roots of it. “All the
political parties have stood behind
him in crisis hours before the nation.
Prime Minister must stop his selfish
and vindictive politics and find out
permanent solution to this problem to
establish peace and harmony by tak-
ing the support of international com-
munity,” she added.
Uttar Pradesh witnessed large-scale
protests all over the state that lost 12
brave hearts in the Pulwama terror
attack. People flying tricolour in their
hands with candlelight came out to op-
pose killing of our forces as soon as they
got the shocking news. Public-spirited
citizens openly criticised the failure of
security agencies despite timely intelli-
gence inputs from various agencies. All
the political leaders have started visit-
ing the homes of martyrs of the state in
their vicinity and area of influence.
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