Uri, May 17 -- A delegation of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, led by BJP General Secretary (Organisation) Ashok Koul and Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board Chairperson Darakhshan Andrabi, on Sauturday visited several border villages in the Uri sector of Baramulla district in north Kashmir.

The visit aimed to assess the situation on the ground and express solidarity with the residents affected by Pakistani shelling post India's Operation Sindoor on May 7 which was launched in retaliation to April 22 Pahalgam, in which 26 people were killed.

Pakistan had targeted civilian areas along Jammu and Kashmir and the Line of Control (LoC), resulting in civilian deaths and significant damage to residential infrastructure.

The delegation i...