Jammu, May 25 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday visited Poonch to meet the members of the families affected by the cross-border shelling by Pakistan and also consoled students of Christ Public School, Poonch, which lost two of its students to the indiscriminate shelling.
Poonch faced the maximum brunt of the shelling, losing 13 precious lives, including five school-going children. 12-year-old twins Zain Ali and Urwa Fatima, a seven-year-old girl, Maryam Khatoon and 13-year-old Vihaan Bhargav were among the kids killed in the shelling.
During his hour-long visit to the grief-stricken town, Gandhi met with students, offering words of comfort and resilience. "Work hard, play harder, and make lots of frie...