PM Modi’s First Public Comments On Pahalgam: ‘Punishment Beyond Imagination For Terrorists, Conspirators’

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Last Updated:April 24, 2025, 14:01 IST

Speaking about the incident, PM Modi said: “Conspirators and terrorists, who committed this will get punishment bigger than their imagination.”

In his first response to the brutal Pahalgam attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the entire country knows how “terrorists brutally killed innocent, and India stands with the family of victims”.

Speaking about the Pahalgam incident, PM Modi said: “Conspirators and terrorists, who committed this will get punishment beyond their imagination.”

Doubling down on the attack by perpetrators, the Prime Minister said: “The willpower of 140 crore Indians will now break the backbone of the masters of terror. The entire country is in shock over how the terrorists killed innocent civilians in Pahalgam. India is with those who have lost their loved ones in this attack. The government is trying its best to provide treatment to those who are injured.”

While talking about tracking and identifying the terrorists involved in the attack, PM Modi made a switch from Hindi to English and said: “Will pursue them (Pahalgam attackers) to the end of earth. India’s spirit will never be broken by terrorism.”

PM Modi also urged those attending the rally to observe two minutes of silence in memory of the victims, who lost their lives in the devastating Pahalgam attack.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was also in the rally, said: “We condemn Pahalgam attack, the entire country is united in the fight against terrorism.”

Earlier on Wednesday, PM Modi addressed a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), following Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the Pahalgam terror attack site. The high-level meeting was attended by top security officials, including National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, as the government assessed its response to the brutal attack that left 26 people dead.

PM Modi addressed Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and gram sabhas across the country in an event being held at Bihar’s Madhubani on Thursday. He also launched several projects worth approximately Rs 13,500 crore, the Panchayati Raj Ministry said in a statement.

This was PM Modi’s first gathering on the occasion in what is going to be his first public remarks, following the ghastly terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.

The event is being held to commemorate the National Panchayati Raj Day (NPRD), marking 32 years of the 73rd Constitutional (Amendment) Act, 1992, which gave constitutional status to panchayats as institutions of rural local self-government.