NEW DELHI, May 1:
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday to accord the status of a martyr to those killed in the Pahalgam terror attack.
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In a post on X, the Congress leader said he stands with the families of those killed in the Pahalgam attack and backs their demand that the victims be given the status of a martyr.
“I stand with the families of those killed in the Pahalgam attack in their grief and in their demand for martyr status to them.
“The Prime Minister is requested to respect the sentiments of the families of those who lost their lives in this tragedy by giving this honour to them,” Gandhi said in his post on the microblogging platform in Hindi.
The Congress MP from Rae Bareli met the family members of a Pahalgam attack victim in Kanpur on Wednesday and said they want martyr status for the deceased. (PTI)
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