'Pakistan an enemy nation, India will give befitting reply': Jairam Thakur on Pahalgam attack

Pakistan is an "enemy nation" and India will give a befitting reply to Pakistan for the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, Leader of Opposition in Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur said on Saturday. Addressing media persons in Sarahan in Sirmaur district, Thakur said the whole world has condemned "the cowardly attack by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists on innocent tourists in Pahalgam. Twenty-six people died in the terror attack.

Thakur, a former CM, said the Indian government's reply would be very "tough", which would be "beyond their imagination and would shake the soul of the terrorists and its protectors".

This, he said, was an attempt to spoil Jammu and Kashmir's peace. "The way innocent people were killed after asking their identity, it cannot be the work of any human being," he said.


The BJP leader also lashed out at the state government, alleging that it has led the state into "total mess" as the it has failed on all fronts. Thakur said the Congress government has not fulfilled even one of its promises.

People are out on the roads protesting against the anti-people policies of the state government and employees, contractors have started strikes, he said.