J&K's development won't stop, terror will get stronger reply: Shah in Poonch

Union Home Minister Hands Over Job Letters to Families of Shelling Victims

- Ravi Krishnan Khajuria

JAMMU: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the development of Jammu and Kashmir, which began in 2014 under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, would not stop or slow down despite recent provocations, and warned those attempting to harm India will face a stronger and decisive response.

Delivering a message of reassurance and resolve from Poonch, which bore the brunt of Pakistani shelling that claimed 14 lives in the border district earlier this month, Shah said the pause in development caused by recent disturbances is momentary, and the Union Territory's progress would soon regain its momentum.

He said the strong retaliation by the Indian armed forces during the recent Indo-Pak conflict from May 7 to 10 post Operation Sindoor had brought Islamabad to its knees and compelled it to raise the white flag. In a stern warning to the nation's adversaries, he said: "Any attack on India will not be tolerated and it will attract a much stronger response than the recent conflict."