Poonch, May 22 -- A five-member Trinamool Congress delegation on Thursday met with the families affected by Pakistani shelling in Poonch district, expressing solidarity with the families and reaffirming their commitment to humanity and peace.

After meeting the families and seeing the damage, TMC MP Derek O' Brien underlined how he has been "deeply moved" by meeting the affected families.

"We are deeply moved...One has to be mentally ready. What we have seen in the last 2 hours has been deeply moving. We can imagine how you (locals) are feeling, as this happened in Poonch, it is not eay in public life to come and share thoughts with people who are grieving. Mamata di (Bengal CM) has sent us here, we are here only tell these families that...