Declare Pahalgam Victims As Martyrs Officially: Parra to Govt

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and MLA Pulwama, Waheed-ur-Rahman Parra Monday pitched for the Pahalgam victims to be accorded the status of martyrs.

- Agencies

Parra described the attack as not just an act of terrorism but a “communal act” specifically targeting a particular community. “This was not just a terrorist act but a communal act — a particular community was targeted. I urge the government to officially recognize the victims as martyrs,” Parra said in his address.

“The ‘Resolution of the People of Kashmir’ — from every corner of Kashmir, the voice that perhaps for the first time in six months we are hearing in this House whenever we have convened — we fought. One thing that has united us today is, somewhere, the sacrifices of Pahalgam or the martyrdoms of Pahalgam,” Parra said while speaking during the special session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly convened to condemn the Pahalgam killings that claimed 26 civilian lives on April 22.