Cong condemns terror attack

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has condemned the terror attack in Punjab and expressed grave concern over the rising trend of separatist terror strikes. Condemning the incident, she said Congress resolutely stands against such forces. She extended her condolence to the families of martyred security personnel and others who had lost their lives in the attack.

Condemning the terror strike, leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said security forces are fully equipped and motivated to counter evil designs of the Pakistani establishment.Coming down heavily on Pakistan and its terror-manufacturing apparatus, Azad said India, in the past, has braved numerous attempts aimed at destabilisation or violation of territorial integrity.

"The people of the country and its armed forces have shown enough resilience and resolve to counter such cowardly attempts from across the border," he said.Azad said that our security forces have been ably fighting the Pakistan sponsored terror for the last more than thirty years and our security forces are fully equipped and motivated to counter the evil designs of the Pakistani establishment.

"India as a nation will resist all moves which tend to violate our borders, threaten our territorial integrity or jeopardise the security of the citizens," he said.

lauding the role of Punjab police and the security forces, Azad said people of Punjab and its police force very bravely fought the terrorist onslaught in eighties and it is fully prepared to rebuff any fresh attempts to foment trouble in the State.