New Delhi- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid homage to the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in a suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama on this day in 2019 and praised their unwavering dedication to the nation.
“Homage to the courageous heroes we lost in Pulwama in 2019. The coming generations will never forget their sacrifice and their unwavering dedication to the nation,” he said in a post on X.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah also paid tribute to the 40 CRPF personnel killed in the attack.
The Narendra Modi government is determined to completely destroy terrorists by carrying out a campaign with a “zero-tolerance” policy against them, Shah also said.
“On behalf of a grateful nation, I pay my heartfelt tribute to the soldiers who were martyred in the cowardly terror attack in Pulwama on this day in 2019,” he said in Hindi in a post on X.
Terrorism is the biggest enemy of the entire humanity and the whole world has united against it, the home minister added.
“Be it through a surgical strike or an air strike, the Modi government is determined to completely destroy terrorists by carrying out a campaign with a ‘zero-tolerance’ policy against them,” Shah said.
CRPF pays tribute to slain troopers
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Friday paid tributes to the 40 jawans who were killed in the Pulwama attack on Jammu-Srinagar national highway on the sixth anniversary of the terror attack.
“A solemn ceremony organised at Lethpora-Pulwama to pay homage and respect to the martyrs of CRPF who attained martyrdom in line of duty on 14/2/2019 in Pulwama,” a spokesman of the CRPF said.
He said the officers from all forces and civil administration attended the ceremony. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha also paid tributes to the fallen CRPF jawans.
“Heartfelt tribute to the courageous martyrs of the heinous Pulwama attack of 2019. Their supreme sacrifice in the service of motherland will forever be remembered. The courage & selfless commitment of our gallant heroes will continue to inspire generations,” Sinha wrote in a post on X.
Several local BJP leaders also paid floral tributes to the CRPF jawans at the site of the incident. Among those who visited the spot included BJP spokespersons Altaf Thakur and Sajid Yousuf Shah.
A suicide bomber crashed his explosive-laden vehicle into a bus ferrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on February 14 in 2019, killing 40 jawans.
Days later, India launched a retaliatory attack, which came to be known as the Balakot airstrike.
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