Jammu, April 28
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Monday that for the first time, the people of the country are united, and this unity is needed to end militancy and terrorism.
Speaking on the resolution moved during the special session of the Assembly to condemn the Pahalgam terror attack, CM Abdullah said, “The whole country is united in condemnation of this attack from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, although this is not the first time we have seen such attacks."
“Baisaran has again created the environment where we are now thinking where the next attack is going to take place. I did not have the words to tell the tourists. It was my responsibility as the host that I should have send them back safely. What should I tell those children who lost their father, or a woman who lost her husband and got married a few days back?"
“Tourists asked what was their fault, they had come here for holidays. Whoever did this did not do it for us, but I want to ask, did we approve of it, did we tell them to do this, we are totally not with this attack. For the first time in 26 years, I saw people on the roads. From Kathua to Kupwara, there was no city where people didn’t come out. People came out on their own," he said.