New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid homage to the CRPF personnel who lost their lives in a terror attack in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on this day in 2019 and praised their unwavering dedication to the nation.
“Homage to the courageous heroes we lost in Pulwama in 2019. The coming generations will never forget their sacrifice and their unwavering dedication to the nation,” he said in a post on X.
A suicide bomber crashed his explosive-laden vehicle into a bus ferrying Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel on February 14 in 2019, killing 40 jawans.
Days later, India launched a retaliatory attack, which came to be known as the Balakot airstrike.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also paid tribute to the fallen CRPF personnel and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for giving a befitting reply through airstrikes in Pakistan.
On the anniversary of the terror attack, Shah said the martyrdom of the jawans made the country’s borders safe.
Addressing an event at the conclusion of the 38th National Games in Haldwani, the Union home minister said, “On this day in 2019, our 40 jawans were martyred in Pulwama. But their martyrdom made the country’s borders safe.
“I pay tribute to them with all my heart. But through the airstrikes that followed Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a fitting reply to terrorists,” he said.
The Pulwama attack and the airstrikes that followed have changed the way the world looked at India, he said. “It sent out a message to terrorists all over the world not to play with our troops or our borders.”
