Surat, May 5 -- : Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Paatil has said that he won't accept any welcome bouquets or mementoes until India avenges the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people. Arriving at an investors' conference on Saturday in Gujarat's Surat city, Paatil politely turned down any bouquets or mementoes.

The Union Minister's decision was announced by an organiser who said that the former "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. Following the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty as part of India's action against Pakistan, the Union Minister had said that N...