CCS reviews J&K security situation post Pahalgam terror attack

CCPA to take call on Spl Parl session

NEW DELHI, Apr 30:

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is understood to have deliberated on the overall security situation in Jammu and Kashmir today amid speculations about India’s possible retaliation to the Pahalgam terror attack in view of its cross border linkages.

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The CCS meet was held at the Prime Minister’s Lok Kalyan Marg residence, a day after he held a meeting with the top military brass and accorded operational freedom to the armed forces on the “mode, targets and timing” of India’s response to the April 22 attack that killed 26 people.
It was attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, people familiar with the matter said.
There is no official word yet on the CCS, held against the backdrop of growing indications of a retaliation against Pakistan. It was the second meeting of the CCS after the Pahalgam attack.
In the first meeting on April 23, it decided a raft of punitive measures against Pakistan, including suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, shutting down of the only operation land border crossing at Attari and downgrading of diplomatic ties in view of cross-border links to the attack.
In the high-level meeting with the defence brass on Tuesday, Modi asserted that the armed forces have “complete operational freedom” to decide on the mode, targets and timing of India’s response, government sources said.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Wednesday said the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) will take a call on the demand of several opposition parties, including the Congress, for a special session of Parliament over the Pahalgam terror attack.
Meghwal, who is a State Minister in the Parliamentary Affairs Department and also holds the independent charge in the Law Ministry, told reporters that the decision of the CCPA, which takes a call on convening the session, will be conveyed once it decides.
Several opposition leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi of the Congress, have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking a session of Parliament to present a collective resolve following the April 22 terror strike which left 26 people, mostly tourists, killed.
At the press conference, Meghwal slammed Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav over a picture showing one-half each of B R Ambedkar’s and the former Yadav’s face.
The BJP leader said the picture is an insult to Ambedkar, seen to be the architect of the Constitution and an icon, especially among Dalits.
He said Yadav “lived in delusion” if he thought the picture would fetch him votes of Dalits and noted that the SP is an ally of the Congress, which ensured Ambedkar’s defeats in two elections. (PTI)

India bans Pak airlines from using airspace
India on Wednesday banned Pakistan airlines from using its airspace amid escalating tensions with the neighbouring country in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.
Sources said that a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) has been issued that bars Pakistan airlines from using the Indian airspace.
The development comes a week after Pakistan barred Indian carriers from using its airspace. (PTI)

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