India, May 4 -- Union Jal Shakti minister CR Paatil on Saturday said that he won't accept any welcome bouquets or mementoes until India gets its revenge for the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.

Arriving at an investors' conference in Gujarat's Surat city, Paatil politely turned down any bouquets or mementoes, a news agency PTI report said.

Paatil's decision was announced by an organiser who said that the Union Jal Shakti minister "decided that he would not be welcomed with bouquets or mementos until Pahalgam is avenged", triggering applause from the audiences.

"No welcome, till there is revenge," Paatil later said in Gujarati.

Paatil has been stern about his stance on the terror attack in Pahalgam and Pakistan's...