India will never forget their sacrifice: Leaders pay tribute to CRPF jawans on Pulwama attack anniversary

On the second anniversary of the Pulwama terror attack, Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute to the CRPF staff who died in the incident.

“I pay tribute to the brave staff of @crpfindia who sacrificed their lives in the Pulwama terror attack in 2019. India will never forget their service to the nation and their supreme sacrifice. We continue to support their families, who had to suffer from this attack, ”he tweeted.

Union Interior Minister Amit Shah also paid tribute. “I bow down to the brave martyrs who lost their lives in the gruesome Pulwama attack on this day in 2019. India will never forget her exceptional courage and supreme sacrifice,” he tweeted.

Congressional leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also paid tribute to the soldiers killed in the attack.

At least 40 CRPF Jawans were killed in a terrorist attack on February 14, 2019 in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. The CRPF men were traveling in a bus, part of a convoy of more than 1,000 security personnel, when a van loaded with explosives collided with the bus and exploded.

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