New Delhi:
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded martyr standing for the 26 victims of the lethal Pahalgam assault and requested the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “respect the emotions of the households of those that misplaced their lives by giving honour to them.”
“I stand with the households of these killed within the Pahalgam assault of their grief and of their demand for martyr standing. The Prime Minister is requested to respect the emotions of the households of those that misplaced their lives on this tragedy by giving this honour to them,” the Congress chief wrote in a put up on X.
पहलगाम हमले में मारे गए लोगों के परिवारों के दुख में, शहीद के दर्जे की उनकी मांग में, मैं साथ खड़ा हूं।
प्रधानमंत्री से आग्रह है कि वो इस त्रासदी में जान गंवाने वालों को यह सम्मान देकर उनके परिवारों की भावना का आदर करें। pic.twitter.com/auMEehEnOO
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 1, 2025
The Congress chief had posted a clips of his assembly in Kanpur with the household of Shubham Dwivedi, one of many victims of the April 22 assault in Pahalgam.
Within the video, the spouse of the sufferer is heard telling Rahul Gandhi, “I do not need something for myself, however for Shubham I would like martyr standing for him. Not only for Shubham, for all of the 26 folks.”
In the meantime the daddy of the sufferer instructed the Congress chief, “You may give us that, you’ll be able to speak to the federal government, can speak to the Prime Minister.”
In one other clip of a press convention within the nationwide capital, Rahul Gandhi had requested for martyr standing for the victims killed in chilly blood, saying that possibly this challenge is extra vital than the caste census.
“In the present day possibly that is much more vital than caste census, I went to Kanpur, and talked with the households of the victims of terrorism. Their son was killed in chilly blood, with out mercy. The Prime Minister has mentioned that the folks have been martyred, and we would like you give them the martyr standing,” Mr Gandhi had mentioned within the press convention.
Earlier in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, the daddy of Shubham Dwivedi, Sanjay Dwivedi had mentioned, “I demand that Shubham must be given the standing of ‘shaheed’. Rahul Gandhi mentioned that he had written a letter to the PM for a particular session in parliament. Priyanka Gandhi talked to me and mentioned that my calls for are proper. She mentioned – I will put stress on the federal government and speak to them at my stage for giving the standing of ‘shaheed’ to Shubham.”
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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