Sacrifices of martyrs will not go in vain: PM Modi in Maharashtra

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, reiterated that those responsible behind the brutal Pulwama terror attack will be punished and the sacrifices of our bravehearts armymen will not go in vain.

PM Modi, while addressing a rally in Yavatmal here, said, "I know that we are all in immense pain after what happend in Pulwama, I understand your anger. Two sons from Maharashtra lost their lives in the attack, their sacrifice won’t go in vain."

He said, "Terror organisations who have committed this crime, no matter how much they try to hide, they will be punished. Security forces have been given full freedom."

In the worst-ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir since militancy erupted in 1989, a Jaish-e-Mohammad suicide bomber on Thursday rammed his SUV packed with explosives into a CRPF bus on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama district, killing 38 troopers.

Modi launched various development projects in Yavatmal. He inaugurated Eklavya Model Residential School for tribal students. He will also hand over the keys of houses constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) to some of the beneficiaries.

PM will also visit Dhule where he will inaugurate the Lower Panazara medium project under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchan Yojana (PMKSY). He will also lay foundation stone of Sulwade Jamphal Kanoli Lift Irrigation Scheme and Dhule City Water SupplyScheme.

Modi will also lay foundation stone of Dhule-Nardana and JalgaonManmad third railway line besides flagging off Bhusaval-Bandra Khandesh Express through video link.