Amit Shah pays tribute to 40 CRPF jawans killed in 2019 Pulwama terror attack

Pulwama, Oct 26: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday paid tribute to 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans, who were killed in the 2019 terror attack, in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama.

The Home Minister visited the memorial along with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha where he laid a wreath at the memorial and paid tribute to the personnel killed in the terror attack.

Earlier, Amit Shah interacted with the security personnel at the CRPF camp at Lethpora in the Pulwama district.

Addressing the CRPF personnel, Shah said the goals that the country wants to achieve in its 100th year of independence have to be set now. "We are celebrating

India's 75th year of independence under the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav. But we will have to set goals where we want to see India when we complete 100 years of Independence, " he said.

Amit Shah said that India has made progress and it will be celebrated but "we have to prepare for the future". "We might not be around when India completes 100 years of Independence but the nation will still be there. So, we have to set goals. We have made progress in the 75 years, we will celebrate that and pat the back of those who contributed in it as well," he said.

The Union Home Minister said India has made rapid strides on the economic front since Prime Minister Narendra Modi first took office in 2014. "We were the 11th largest economy in 2014. Today, we are hovering between fifth and sixth but by 2024, we will be third largest economy in the world," he said.

The attack on the CRPF convoy took place in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on February 14, 2019.

A 22-year-old suicide bomber Adil Ahmad Dar rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a bus carrying 40 CRPF personnel on February 14, 2019, in Pulwama district. The incident killed 40 Indian soldiers along with the perpetrator-Adil Ahmad Dar-who was a local Kashmiri youth. PTI