Kanpur, April 30 -- : Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday afternoon met the family members of Shubham Dwivedi, who was killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22. Gandhi visited the bereaved family at their residence in Maharajpur in Kanpur and was visibly moved during the interaction.

Emotions ran high when Sanjay Dwivedi, father of Shubham, recalled the trauma.

"Who else could understand our pain better than you, Rahulji? Your grandmother and father were both victims of terrorism," he said.

"His eyes welled up at this. He placed his hand on my shoulder in a gesture of empathy. I told him that had his grandmother been alive, Pakistan would have faced the same consequences it did...