New Delhi, May 25 (). Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday paid tributes to party leaders who were killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Jhiram Valley in 2013.
In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said, “Respects to our Congress colleagues and soldiers who were martyred in the Naxalite attack in Jhiram Valley in 2013.” The country will never forget his sacrifice, his bravery is an inspiration for all of us.
Hundreds of Maoists attacked the Parivartan Yatra of the Congress on 25 May 2013 when the rally was passing through Jhiram Valley in Sukma district.
The entire top Congress leadership of Chhattisgarh was killed in Jhiram Valley after Maoists targeted the convoy of party leaders in the state’s Sukma district.
At least 30 people were killed, including the then Chhattisgarh Congress president Nandkumar Patel, his son Dinesh Patel, Mahendra Karma, who was known as the Tiger of Bastar, former Union minister Vidya Charan Shukla and other Congress leaders.
Thursday (May 25) marks the 10th anniversary of the Jhiram Valley incident, and is observed as Black Day in Chhattisgarh.
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