Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit the shelling-hit Poonch region on Saturday to meet the families of those killed and affected by the recent cross-border shelling, said AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh. This is the second visit of the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha to Jammu and Kashmir after the deadly April 22 Pahalgam attack.
“Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Shri @RahulGandhi will be visiting Poonch tomorrow, May 24, to meet the families bereaved during the shelling by Pakistan very recently,” Ramesh wrote on his X handle.
“Earlier, he had visited Srinagar on April 25 to meet with those injured during the brutal Pahalgam terror attack and many other stakeholders. He had also met with the LG and the CM then,” he said.
During his previous visit to the UT last month after the Pahalgam attack, Gandhi had said the idea behind the terror strike was to create a divide between the people of the country; it was needed that India stay united to defeat all forms of terrorism.
A barrage of artillery shelling, missiles, and drone strikes by Pakistan in the Jammu region, particularly in Poonch, killed 27 people and injured more than 70 between May 8 and 10 after India launched Operation Sindoor to target terror infrastructure in the neighbouring country and PoK.
Following the Indian action, Pakistan attempted to attack Indian military bases on May 8, 9, and 10. The Indian forces launched a fierce counterattack on several Pakistani military installations.
On May 10, India and Pakistan reached an understanding on the cessation of hostilities after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.
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