Mehbooba Mufti said on Sunday that it would have been more appropriate and democratic had the BJP government at the Centre convened a special session of Parliament to discuss the "Operation Sindoor" internally while simultaneously dispatching delegations abroad to explain to the outside world the rationale behind the Operation.
The incident has triggered fresh concerns over border surveillance. Senior security officials are said to have taken the matter seriously, particularly as the LoC is under heightened alert following recent skirmishes with Pakistan.
Lambasting Pakistan for violating the ceasefire agreement within hours of its announcement on Saturday night, the Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, stated that the Indian Army had anticipated the breach.
Tarar said once the ceasefire was done, there was no question of Pakistan violating it.
Amid reports of ceasefire violations and alleged explosions in Srinagar, Army sources have clarified that no blasts occurred in the city and there was no firing along the Line of Control (LoC) at present.
The CM held a meeting in Srinagar to assess the security and preparedness along the LoC and International Border.
The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have started evacuating people from villages in the border areas to safe locations following Wednesday's indiscriminate shelling by Pakistan Army.
The United Nations (UN) Field Station in the border town of Poonch was targeted with artillery shelling by Pakistan troops on Wednesday morning.
Three civilians were killed in heavy artillery shelling by Pakistan Army from across the Line of Control (LOC) and the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir, sources in the Indian Army said on Wednesday.
According to the Army, the Pakistani side resorted to unprovoked small arms firing from across the LoC, prompting a befitting response from the Indian security personnel.
