India / India will never forget their supreme sacrifice: Shah, Singh on Pulwama anniversary

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah today paid tribute to the soldiers who died in a suicide bombing in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in 2019. "India will never forget their service to the nation and their supreme sacrifice," Mr Singh tweeted on the Pulwama terror attack which took place exactly two years ago.

"I pay homage to those brave @crpfindia personnel who sacrificed their lives in 2019 Pulwama terror attack. India will never forget their service to the nation and their supreme sacrifice. We continue to stand with their families, who had to suffer due to this attack," Mr Singh tweeted.

I pay homage to those brave @crpfindia personnel who sacrificed their lives in 2019 Pulwama terror attack.

India will never forget their service to the nation and their supreme sacrifice. We continue to stand with their families, who had to suffer due to this attack.

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) February 14, 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said India will never forget their exceptional courage and supreme sacrifice.

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 their exceptional courage and supreme sacrifice.

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) February 14, 2021

"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 their exceptional courage and supreme sacrifice," Shah tweeted today.

This year marks two years of the Pulwama terror attack. Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) had claimed responsibility for the dastardly terror attack.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also remembered the brave soldiers killed in Pulwama."Tribute to the brave soldiers, who died in the Pulwama terror attack. A tribute to their families as the country owes you," Mr Gandhi tweeted in Hindi.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in his tribute, said that the sacrifice of the soldiers will always inspire the nation in fight against terrorism.

"Tribute to the immortal sacrifices of Pulwama attack who sacrificed their lives for our safe future. Their immortal sacrifice will always inspire us to fight against terrorism," Chief Minister Adityanath tweeted.

Senior leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress party also paid rich tribute to the soldiers.

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

A suicide bomber rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the bus. The convoy had 78 buses in which around 2,500 personnel were traveling from Jammu to Srinagar.