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J&K Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary, portion speaking astatine the Republic Day relation successful Srinagar connected Monday (January 26, 2026), paid tributes to the victims of the Pahalgam attack and accused Pakistan of attempting to dent the tourism manufacture of the Union Territory (UT). He besides expressed anticipation that the Centre volition reconstruct Statehood to J&K soon.
“I wage heartfelt tributes to the Pahalgam onslaught victims, who had travel from antithetic parts of the country. Pakistan has inflicted wounds connected us. Pakistan’s actions resulted successful nonaccomplishment of guiltless lives and deed the system of J&K. Pakistan besides dented the tourism manufacture of J&K,” Mr. Choudhary said, portion referring to the Pahalgam attack.
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Twenty-six civilians, including 25 tourists and a local, were killed by a radical of terrorists connected April 22, 2025 successful Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadow.
Praising locals and information forces for lasting unneurotic against the challenges posed by Pakistan, Mr. Choudhary said radical and information forces “will not let evil designs of Pakistan to succeed” successful J&K.
He said J&K witnessed losses during the ‘Operation Sindoor’ successful May this year. “But J&K has travel retired of it. J&K is again connected the path of development. Tourists from the state and outsiders should sojourn peaceful Kashmir now. People are acceptable to invited tourists with unfastened arms,” Mr. Choudhary said.
The Deputy Chief Minister besides called upon the information forces to dismantle the cause mafia successful J&K. “We praise the tone of the information forces for safeguarding us. But their responsibility has lone increased,” helium added.
Mr. Choudhary expressed anticipation that the adjacent Republic Day successful J&K “will beryllium celebrated with greater joy”. “The Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister had promised from the level of the Parliament to reconstruct Statehood. I americium hopeful that J&K volition soon regain its Statehood, arsenic envisioned by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah,” helium said.
Meanwhile, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha besides greeted radical connected the Republic Day.
“I bow successful reverence to the visionary architects of our Republic, whose exceptional wisdom, courage, and sacrifice won america state and talented america a constitution rooted successful the timeless ideals of justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity. These enduring principles and values uphold our ethos and reenforce the antiauthoritarian and socialist ideals that specify our nation,” Mr. Sinha said.
He besides commended the brave unit of equipped forces, paramilitary forces, and the Jammu & Kashmir Police. “Their unwavering vigilance, courage, and sacrifice basal arsenic a shield for our people, enabling america to unrecorded successful an ambiance of peace, security, and harmony,” helium said.
He said the ‘Operation Sindoor’ emerged arsenic a defining infinitesimal successful India’s nationalist information doctrine, pursuing the brutal violent onslaught successful Pahalgam. “India made it unequivocally wide that immoderate violent onslaught connected its ungraded would beryllium treated arsenic an enactment of war. ‘Operation Sindoor’ was not simply a subject action; it was a declaration of India’s strategical resolve,” helium said.
The J&K L-G besides commend the exemplary courageousness and professionalism displayed by the unit of Indian Army, Jammu & Kashmir Police and the CRPF. “Through Operation Mahadev, they eliminated the 3 Pakistani terrorists progressive successful the onslaught and delivered justness for the dignity of our mothers and sisters,” helium added.
He appreciated the J&K Police for uncovering a nationwide panic web past October-November and preventing respective attacks successful time. “They are India’s existent heroes, and I americium arrogant of them,” helium added.
Meanwhile, information has been tightened crossed J&K. Additional deployments person been made astatine the venues wherever the Republic Day functions were being held successful the UT.
