Pahalgam attack: PM Modi holds key meet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairing a high-level security meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), the most important committee of the cabinet that has also been dubbed the “Super Cabinet”.
After the first round of the CCS meeting, the government had announced a series of non-military measures against Pakistan, including the freeze on the Indus Waters Treaty, shutting of the Attari border and cancellation of visas.
After another crucial meeting on Tuesday evening with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, and Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, PM Modi gave the armed forces “complete freedom to decide on the mode, targets, and timing’ of India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack,” sources have said.
In this backdrop, today’s CCPA meet has raised speculation.
The meet comes after a round of meeting of the Cabinet Committee of Security, following Pahalgam terror attack which took 26 lives.
The Pakistan Army opened fire across the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pargawal sector this morning.
This comes after ceasefire violations continued for the sixth consecutive day. On the intervening night of April 29 and 30, unprovoked small arms firing was reported along the Line of Control in the Nowshera, Sunderbani and Akhnoor sectors.
The CCPA had met last after the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in 2019 to review the security situation and formulate counter-strategies.
The meet had signed off on the withdrawal of the Most Favoured Nation status given to Pakistan. Later, on February 26, 2019, the Indian Air Force carried out the airstrike on terror camps in Balakot.
The CCPA reviews and decides on important political and economic matters of the country and meets on crucial occasions.