CM Pinarayi Vijayan, others decry Pulwama terror attack

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday.
In a statement here, Vijayan urged the Union government to take all steps to ensure peace in Kashmir. He conveyed condolences to the families of soldiers who lost their lives whilst serving the country. In a separate statement, the CM also expressed condolences on the death of Malayali soldier Vasanthakumar who was martyred in the terror attack.
Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala said the nation would resist the attempts by the ultras to rip apart the unity and integrity of the country.
Meanwhile, CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said PM Narendra Modi could not even guard the lives of soldiers. Condemning the attack, the BJP state unit cancelled all public programmes of the party in Kerala for a day on Friday. BJP state president P S Sreedharan Pillai expressed hope that the army and the Union government would give a befitting reply to the attack.
CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran said the attack was a despicable act.