In the aftermath of the Pahalgam tragedy, an all-party meeting will be convened tomorrow. According to news agency ANI quoting sources, Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are speaking to all the parties.
An all-party meeting will be convened tomorrow on the terror attack-related situation. Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are speaking to all parties: Sources#PahalgamTerroristAttack pic.twitter.com/2lM6TFxw5H
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2025
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a key meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to take stock of the situation and deliberate on the government’s strategy. Besides the prime minister, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar were present at the meeting, along with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and senior bureaucrats. During the meeting that lasted over two-and-a-half hours, Shah briefed the prime minister on the attack and discussed the measures to be taken in its aftermath.
A Look At Key CCS Meeting
The meeting that started around 6 PM and ended at around 8.30 PM was held at the prime minister’s 7, Lok Nayak Marg residence. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who is also part of the CCS, could not attend the meeting as she is on her way back from the United States after cutting short her official visit in the wake of the terror attack.
Among those also present at the meeting were Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, and Foreign Secretary Vikram Misry, besides the prime minister’s two principal secretaries, P K Mishra and Shaktikanta Das.
The centre has decided to hold the 1950 Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan in abeyance until further notice in the wake of the Pahalgam Terror Attack. The CCS meeting has also decided to suspend all visa exemptions under the SAARC visa exemptions. Foreign Secretary Vikram Sethi detailed the CCS decisions in a press briefing after the CCS meeting.
In another big decision by the centre, the strength of both the High Commissions will be brought down to 30 from 55 by May 1.
On April 22, terrorists unleashed violence in Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadows on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people — most of them tourists — and injuring more than 20. The attack, which unfolded in the picturesque Anantnag district, marks the deadliest assault on civilians in the region since the 2019 Pulwama tragedy.
