Our Security Forces Given Free Hand: PM Modi After Pulwama Attack

Narendra Modi further said that the “forces behind the act of terrorism will be punished.”

A day after at least 37 CRPF personnel were martyred in a deadly terror attack in Awantipora, in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, Narendra Modi said the “forces behind the terrorist act will be punished.”  

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A day after at least 37 CRPF personnel were martyred in a deadly terror attack in Awantipora, in Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, PM Narendra Modi said the “forces behind the terrorist act will be punished.”

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The Prime Minister – at the inauguration of Vande Bharat Express in New Delhi on Friday, 15 February – paid tribute to soldiers who lost their lives.

“Our security forces have been given full freedom. We have full faith in their bravery.”

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“If our neighbour, which is totally isolated in the world, thinks it can destabilise India through its tactics and conspiracies, then it is making a big mistake,” Modi said.

He even thanked “all the nations who have supported India and condemned this incident in the strongest of terms. A strong reply will be given to this attack.”