Jammu, May 24 -- Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, visited the border town of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday to meet families and students devastated by recent cross-border shelling by Pakistani forces. The visit, which came in the wake of a deadly military standoff, focused on offering solace to the grief-stricken community, particularly the students of Christ School, who lost two classmates, 12-year-old twins Ayan Khan and Aruba Khan, in the tragic shelling on May 7.
Gandhi's hour-long tour of Poonch, one of the worst-hit areas during the four-day conflict from May 7 to 10, included a poignant visit to Christ School, where the deaths of Ayan and Aruba have left students and staff in deep sh...