India was united at its hour of grief, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said at the end of a long candlelight march organised by the ruling Trinamool Congresss denouncing the terrorist attack on CRPF personnel in Pulwama in J&K.
Banerjee who led hundreds of her followers from Hazra crossing in South Kolkata to the Mahatma Gandhi statue said terror had no religion and that “we are against any kind of terrorism in any country of the world.”
About 44 CRPF jawans were martyred in suicide attack launched by a terrorist of Pakistan-sponsored Jaish-e-Muhammad.
Banerjee said “this is united India,” iterating, “we stand united with the families of the CRPF jawans who lost their lives in the line of duty.”
Two jawans from Bengal, one from Nadia and the other from East Midnapore martyred in the attack.
A Bevy of TMCF leaders including a large number of women joined Banerjee in the march wearing black
badges and covering their faces with black stripes and chanting the slogaln of “vande mataram.”
Banerjee had also asked her party leaders from districts to organize silent marches in the districts and block levels apparently to show solidarity with the families of the martyred jawans.
