Bhubaneswar: April 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at the airport to assess the situation as soon as he arrived in New Delhi early on Wednesday, having cut short his trip to Saudi Arabia in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.
PM Modi is expected to convene a meeting of the Cabinet Committee for Security to discuss the Pahalgam terror assault. During this discussion, India may plan for its defence and reaction plans for the coming days.
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PM Modi sent his condolences to families who lost loved ones and “strongly” denounced the terror incident in Pahalgam on Tuesday.
“I pray that the injured recover at the earliest. All possible assistance is being provided to those affected. Those behind this heinous act will be brought to justice…they will not be spared! Their evil agenda will never succeed. Our resolve to fight terrorism is unshakable and it will get even stronger,” the Prime Minister posted on X.
CCS member Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has also shortened her official trip to the United States and Peru. “She is taking the earliest available flight back to India to be with our people in this difficult and tragic time,” her office said in a post on X.
