‘Came To Push Tourism…’: J&K CM Omar Abdullah On Holding Cabinet Meeting In Pahalgam

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 15:57 IST

Omar Abdullah said that this is the archetypal clip that the furniture gathering took spot extracurricular the accustomed summertime capital, Srinagar, oregon wintertime capital, Jammu

J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah conscionable the guides who risked their lives to rescue tourists during the Pahalgam panic onslaught (PTI)

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah connected Tuesday held a peculiar furniture gathering successful edifice municipality of Pahalgam, which precocious witnessed a ghastly panic attack, to springiness a wide connection that the authorities volition not beryllium “intimidated by cowardly acts of terrorism".

While speaking to the reporters, Abdullah said that this is the archetypal clip that the furniture gathering took spot extracurricular the accustomed summertime capital, Srinagar, oregon wintertime capital, Jammu, during this government’s tenure.

“This morning, J&K furniture gathering was convened successful Pahalgam. This is the archetypal clip this authorities has held a furniture gathering extracurricular Jammu oregon Srinagar. Though we worked arsenic per the docket of our government, we did not person a furniture gathering successful Pahalgam for conscionable an administrative oregon authorities function," helium said arsenic quoted by quality bureau ANI.

He besides emphasised that the prime of Pahalgam for holding the gathering was to amusement solidarity with the residents of the tourer town, which has experienced a crisp diminution successful tourer footfall since the devastating April 22 panic attack.

“The docket of improvement and happiness successful J&K, the docket to correspond the radical successful J&K volition not halt owed to bloodshed. Through this meeting, we thanked radical of Kashmir particularly those successful Pahalgam, for their basal and bravery aft the 22nd April onslaught wherever they raised their dependable against unit and bloodshed," helium added.

The Chief Minister further laid accent connected boosting the tourism of the portion which has been affected by the panic attack.

“… Since we are successful Pahalgam, tourism is besides connected our agenda.. A radical of Maharashtra circuit operators is present successful Pahalgam. They volition besides sojourn Srinagar. What encourages america is that earlier the radical was going to beryllium of 20-25 people… But, astir 60 circuit operators from Maharashtra person travel to spot however the question and circuit manufacture tin beryllium resumed here… I privation to convey these people…"

The Chief Minister’s Office besides shared the pictures of the gathering held astatine the Pahalgam club.

“Chaired a Cabinet Meeting astatine Pahalgam today. It was not conscionable a regular administrative exercise, but a wide connection – we are not intimidated by cowardly acts of terror," the CM said successful a station connected X.

“The enemies of bid volition ne'er dictate our resolve. Jammu and Kashmir stands firm, strong, and unafraid," it said.

The officials stressed that the gathering’s value lies much successful its nonstop connection to anti-national and anti-social elements that unit has nary spot successful Jammu and Kashmir.

Abdullah besides shared the pictures of him astatine the riverside successful the picturesque town. “We came to explicit solidarity with the section population. We’ve besides travel to convey each the tourists who are dilatory making their mode backmost to Kashmir & to Pahalgam," helium said.

Abdullah, during his archetypal stint arsenic the main curate of erstwhile authorities of Jammu and Kashmir from 2009-14, had held furniture meetings successful distant areas similar Gurez, Machil, Tangdhar areas of northbound Kashmir and Rajouri and Poonch areas of Jammu region.

He had made this entreaty astatine the Governing Council gathering of the NITI Aayog nether the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The main curate believes that these concerted efforts by the authorities volition importantly alleviate nationalist fears, foster a renewed consciousness of information and trust, and yet pave the mode for the revival of tourism successful the Kashmir valley, bringing much-needed economical alleviation and a instrumentality to normalcy.

The Jammu and Kashmir authorities had held a peculiar day-long assembly league successful Jammu connected April 28 and unanimously passed a solution against the Pahalgam violent onslaught and resolved to combat resolutely to decision the nefarious designs to disturb communal harmony and hinder progress.

“The Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir reaffirms its unwavering committedness to foster an situation of peace, development, and inclusive prosperity for each its citizens, and to resolutely decision the nefarious designs of those who question to disturb the communal harmony and advancement of the federation and of Jammu and Kashmir,"  the solution had said.

Pahalgam Terror Attack

In 1 of the biggest attacks successful Jammu and Kashmir, Lashkar-linked terrorists opened occurrence connected a radical of tourists successful Pahalgam connected Tuesday, April 22, sidesplitting astatine slightest 26 people, including overseas tourists, and injuring galore others. The Resistance Front (TRF), a Lashkar offshoot, claimed work for the attack, though it aboriginal backtracked aft monolithic planetary outrage.

After the attack, the diplomatic ties betwixt India and Pakistan were downgraded with New Delhi announcing respective punitive measures, including suspension of Indus Water Treaty, cutting Islamabad Mission strength, closing its airspace for Pakistani airlines and expulsion of its subject attaches.

(With inputs from bureau, agencies)

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Pahalgam, India, India

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