An all-party meeting has been called by the Government on Saturday to discuss Thursday’s terror attack against a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Kashmir in which 40 soldiers were killed and many more are still battling for their lives.
This meeting will be the first of its kind called by the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) under Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the wake of a terror attack.
The agenda of the meeting, it is understood, is to seek a unanimous view of India’s future course of action. Invitations have been extended to all the parties.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who visited Kashmir on Friday to oversee the situation there would convene the meeting to brief political parties on the incident so that the nation speaks in one voice on the issue, said Union Finance Minister Aurn Jaitley said after the meeting of Cabinet Committee on Security.
With Lok Sabha elections close by, the Government would like to take a bipartisan view on the issue and to have the backing of all the parties to whatever action it proposes to take following the terror attack in Kashmir.
All the parties are expected to attend the important meet called by the Government.
Shiv Sena, an ally in the NDA has sought calling of a Joint-session of the Parliament to discuss the Pulwama attack.
