New Delhi, April 29 -- Congress President Malikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convene a special session of Parliament as soon as possible to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack.

"At this moment, when unity and solidarity are essential, the opposition believes that it is important to convene a special session of both houses of Parliament at the earliest," Kharge said in the letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people, mostly tourists, was carried out in the Baisaran meadow of the fabled hill resort on 22 April, a day when United States Vice President JD Vance was in India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was...