New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said the attack in Poonch is part of a worrying trend of terrorist attacks in the region and said that after the Lok Sabha election results, the party and its Indian faction allies will leave no stone unturned in strengthening the anti-terrorism operation. Grid in Jammu and Kashmir.

Officials said five Air Force personnel were injured in the attack near Shahsita in Surankote area of ​​the district on Saturday evening and one of them died in a military hospital.

He said that a coordinated joint operation of Army and Police is going on in many areas including Shahsitar, Gursai, Sanai and Shindara Top to kill the terrorists.

"We strongly and unequivocally condemn this cowardly terrorist attack and stand united with the nation against terrorism," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on Twitter.

He claimed that although "no major incidents of terrorism occurred between 2007 and 2014", the Surankote terrorist attack is part of a worrying trend of terrorist attacks, particularly against security personnel, in the mountainous Rajouri-Poonch region.Line of control.

“It is a matter of grave concern that 25 of our brave security personnel and eight innocent civilians have lost their lives in the Rajouri-Poonch area since January 1, 2023. In contrast, there has been no major incident of terrorism in the region between 2007 and 2023. " And 2014,” he said.

Ramesh said that after June 4, Congress and its Indian camp partners will leave no stone unturned in strengthening the counter-terrorism grid by fully supporting their brave soldiers.

“Our approach will be to continuously empower the political class and civil society irrespective of religious and ethnic affiliations to support the effort of our valiant forces to establish collective social resistance against terrorists in Rajouri-Poonch, a vast area and Hill,” he said.This will make them equal partners in peace and security efforts in this sensitive and strategic region, Ramesh said.

In a post on Saturday night on X, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had said that the Congress strongly and unequivocally condemns this "cowardly terror attack and stands together with the nation against terrorism.

Kharge said, "Our deepest condolences to the family of the brave air warrior who made the supreme sacrifice. We hope that the injured air warrior makes a speedy recovery and we sincerely pray for their well-being. India stands united for our soldiers." Is.,

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said the cowardly terrorist attack on a convoy of security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch is "very shameful and sad".

"I pay my humble tribute to the martyred soldier and express my condolences to his bereaved family. I hope for the speedy recovery of the soldiers injured in the attack," he said on Saturday."