Forward of Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s scheduled go to to Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch Saturday, a five-member TMC delegation went to Poonch district Thursday after assembly CM Omar Abdullah on Wednesday.
Poonch has been the toughest hit by cross-border shelling from Pakistan, accounting for 16 deaths of the full 27 in J&Okay.
The delegation, comprising Rajya Sabha members Derek O’Brien, Sagarika Ghose, Md Nadimul Haque, West Bengal Minister Manas Bhunia, and former MP Mamata Thakur, questioned why individuals in Poonch and different border areas weren’t evacuated or moved to bunkers after Operation Sindoor was launched.
“All of us have skilled the ache, struggling, and the loss suffered by households right here,” mentioned Ghose. The delegation additionally visited Rajouri and another locations close to the border with Pakistan and expressed solidarity with the households.
In Poonch, the TMC leaders met the household of ex-serviceman Amarjeet Singh, who died from shrapnel accidents. The crew visited Christ College the place 12-year-old twins Urba Fatima and Zain Ali, killed in shelling, studied. The delegation additionally visited the residence of Rajouri official Raj Kumar Thappa, who died in shelling.
“Why had been individuals in these border areas not evacuated when Operation Sindoor was being launched,” Ghose mentioned. “We’ve got come on a journey of empathy, sympathy and solidarity, We’ve got come right here to inform every household that they aren’t alone.”