Congress chief asks PM for special Parliament session to discuss Pahalgam attack

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack and demonstrate a collective resolveSeveral opposition MPs have made a similar demand to the government in the wake of the dastardly attack in which 26 people mostly tourists were killed last week leaving the nation griefstricken and outragedIndia has cited crossborder linkages to the horrific incident and promised severe punishment to those involved in the strikeIn a letter to the prime minister Kharge said At this moment when unity and solidarity is essential the opposition believes that it is important to convene a special session of both Houses of Parliament at the earliestThis will be a powerful demonstration of our collective resolve and willpower to deal with the brutal terror attack in Pahalgam on innocent citizens on April 22 It is our fond hope that the session will be accordingly convened the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha addedThe Congress president however had been unrelenting in his attack on PM Modi At a party rally in Rajasthan on Monday he lashed out at the prime minister for skipping the allparty meeting on the Pahalgam attack and accused the BJP of creating divisions in the countryKharge had said that in this hour of crisis everyone wants to fight together but the BJP wants to spread venom and divide peopleParty general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh shared the letter on X and said Congress President and Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has written to the PM last night requesting that a special session of both Houses of Parliament be convened at the earliest to demonstrate a collective will to deal with the situation arising out of the brutal terror attacks in Pahalgam on April 22Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urging the government to convene a special session of both Houses of Parliament in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and KashmirIn his letter Gandhi said the attack had outraged every Indian and stressed the need for a unified responseThe terrorist attack in Pahalgam has outraged every Indian At this critical time India must show that we will always stand together against terrorism the letter readsWith inputs from AgenciesatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params