Chandigarh, April 24 -- The Punjab units of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress held separate protests in Chandigarh on Wednesday condemning the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people.

The BJP protest was led by former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, who is also the party's Punjab affairs in-charge. The Congress staged a protest under state unit chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring.

Rupani, who strongly condemned the attack, said the culprits will not be spared.

He said the incident was a conspiracy to disturb peace in the Valley since the Narendra Modi government took several decisive steps in the last few years for the development and stability of Kashmir, leading to a record number of tourist footfalls there, local peopl...