Addressing the media on Sunday evening, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, “Unity of our country has been challenged by our neighbouring country.”
“In an international arena, Pak will be isolated if it continues to adopt such measures. It is clear that our neighbour is using terror to create menace in our country, which is also supported by some stone-pelters,” said Jaitley.
Reiterating PM Modi’s statement earlier, Finance Minister said that ones behind these attacks will not be spared and brought to justice. He also informed the media that Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Monday to meet top State officials.
Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar has reached Srinagar and has been briefed by Army Chief about the ground situation in Army base at Uri. According to DGMO, Defence Minister also visited injured soldiers.
Director General Military Operations Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Sunday said that foreign terrorists are behind the attack on Army base camp in Uri, Kashmir, which left 17 army soldiers and 4 terrorists dead.
The initial reports indicate role of Jaish-e-Mohammed. Four AK47 recovered from 4 terrorists killed, DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh said.
President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Army base in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir. President Mukherjee also paid tributes to brave soldiers who made supreme sacrifice, an official statement said.
"India will not be cowed down by such attacks, we will thwart the evil designs of terrorists and their backers," President said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has severely condemned the terrorist attack at the army base camp in Uri, South Kashmir that unfolded in the early hours of the day. The Prime Minister tweeted that those behind the gruesome attack shall not be spared and be given a befitting reply.
"We strongly condemn the cowardly terror attack in Uri. I assure the nation that those behind this despicable attack will not go unpunished," he tweetd.
"Have spoken to HM & RM on the situation. RM will go to J&K himself to take stock of the situation."
Also read: PM Modi strongly condemns Uri attack, salutes the brave martyrs
Meanwhile, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he is deeply disappointed with Pakistan’s continued and direct support to terrorism and terrorist groups.
“Pakistan is a terrorist state and it should be identified and isolated as such, Rajnath Singh said.
Also read: HM Rajnath Singh bashes Pakistan and calls it a terrorist state
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#Indian millitary is still carrying on methodological operations in the area: DGMO
Major parties and leaders on Sunday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Uri, with the Congress expressing hope that the perpetrators and "the forces behind them" will be severely dealt with.
“Congress President Sonia Gandhi has expressed shock and deep distress over the martyrdom of Indian soldiers in the dastardly terrorist attack in Uri,” a party statement said.
In a statement, CPI(M) said Pakistan must stop aiding and abetting the extremist forces as such activities are a big impediment to the peace process in the region. It also charged the government with failing to stop continued infiltration of militants despite deploying a large number of security personnel across the state.
Also read: Live Uri attack updates: Parties unite to condemn terrorist attack on Army base
Heavily armed militants stormed a battalion headquarters of the Army in North Kashmir’s Uri town in the wee hours on Sunday, killing 17 jawans and injuring 19 other personnel in the terror strike in which four ultras were neutralised.
Explosions and gunfire erupted as the militants attacked the camp, which is located barely few metres away from the Army’s Brigade Headquarters in Uri town, 102 kms from here, around 4 AM, official sources said.
The jawans of the Dogra Regiment were sleeping in a tent which caught fire due the explosion. The fire also engulfed the nearby barracks, the sources said.17 jawans were killed in the terror attack, the Northern Command of the Army said.
Nineteen other personnel were injured in the strike in which four militants were killed.
“A group of heavily armed terrorists targeted the rear administrative base of a unit at Uri, Kashmir. In the counter action, four terrorists have been eliminated and combing operations are in progress,” the Army said in a statement.
“The administrative base had large strength of troops of units turning over after their tour of duty who were stationed in tents/temporary shelters which caught fire, and resulted in heavy casualties. We salute the sacrifice of 17 soldiers who were martyred in the operation,” the statement said.
Helicopters from the Army’s 19 divisional headquarters in Baramulla have been pressed into service and the injured Army personnel have been evacuated from the encounter site, the sources said.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag are rushing to Kashmir in the wake of terror attack in Uri.
The Home Minister has also called an emergency meeting to review the situation arising out of the terror attack.
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