Andhra Pradesh Assembly session on Thursday condemned Pakistan’s Peshawar massacre in which more than 140 students of an Army School were killed by Taliban militants.
The House in unison condemned the attack terming it as a brutal and inhuman. Speaker Kodela Sivaprasada Rao, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Leader of the Opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and others condoled the deaths and offered condolences to bereaved families. The members in the House mourned the deaths by observing a two-minute silence.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu condemned Peshawar carnage in which 146 students of a military school were butchered by Taliban militants. Making a statement, Chandrababu termed the Peshwar incident as inhuman as Taliban terrorists were on killing spree annihilating gullible school children. Chandrababu stressed the need for containing such incidents and take stringent measures to prevent recurrence. The Peshawar incident in Pakistan has moved the entire world and one should condemn it, Naidu said. The Chief Minister called upon all the nations to come together to impede such incidents, he added.
Leader of the Opposition YS Jaganmohan Reddy strongly condemned the carnage and dubbed it as “gruesome”. Jagan opined that it is imperative for all the nations to wipe out terrorism and its dastardly act. The House later mourned the death by observing a two-minute silence besides extending condolences. Later, Speaker K Sivaprasada Rao adjourned the House to Friday.