Government calls all-party meet over Pulwama attack

February 15, 2019 19:02

The Narendra Modi government has called an all-party meeting, which will be held after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's return from the Kashmir Valley. The main opposition party, the Congress on Friday extended full support to the government saying "we are not going to be divided".

The decision to call an all-party meet was taken during a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in New Delhi. Emerging from the CCS meet, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, "The Home Minister, after his return from Kashmir, will soon call an all-party meeting."

The meeting will be held on Saturday, when the government will brief the parties about the Pulwama terror attacks and security situation in Kashmir.

A convoy of 78 vehicles carrying more than 2,500 Central Reserve Police Force jawans from Jammu to Srinagar was targeted in a suicide bombing. An explosive-laden SUV rammed one of the buses in the convoy ripping it apart.

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