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Pulwama terror attack; Politicians and leaders pay tribute to martyrs

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February 14, 2021 marks two years of the Pulwama terror attack when 40 valiant Indian soldiers were killed after a suicide bomber rammed an IED-laden vehicle into the security convoy carrying them.

Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) had claimed responsibility for the dastardly terror attack. The attack on the CRPF convoy took place in Jammu and Kashmirs Pulwama district.

Paying tribute to the 40 CRPF personnel who lost their lives in the 2019 Pulwama terror attack, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (February 14) said India will never forget their exceptional courage and supreme sacrifice.

“I bow down to the brave martyrs who lost their lives in the gruesome Pulwama attack on this day in 2019. India will never forget their exceptional courage and supreme sacrifice,” Shah tweeted today.

Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi also took it to his official account to express his grief. “Tribute to the brave soldiers, who died in the Pulwama terror attack. A tribute to their families as the country owes you,” the Congress leader tweeted (in Hindi)

Remembering the bravery of the personnel, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister also expresses himself on social media.

The attack on the CRPF convoy took place in Jammu and Kashmir`s Pulwama district on February 14, 2019.A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus. The convoy had 78 buses in which around 2,500 personnel were traveling from Jammu to Srinagar.

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