New Delhi, Apr 29:
Agencies
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to chair four back to back meetings in the National Capital on Wednesday to review security preparedness in wake of the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead.
According to the details Prime Minister Modi will chair the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) – the country’s highest decision-making body on national security –meeting at around 11 am. It will mark the second round of discussions at the highest level since the Pahalgam attack. Security preparations are likely to be discussed at this meeting.
Pertinently, PM Modi had chaired the CCS meeting a day after the Pahalgam terror strike and had announced a series of measures targeting Pakistan.
In the CCS meeting the government decided to put the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 in abeyance with immediate effect. The integrated checkpost at Attari was closed with immediate effect. Pakistani nationals who had entered India through valid endo PM Modi will chair the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting at around 11 am.
Security preparations are likely to be discussed at this meeting.
After the CCS meeting, PM Modi will also lead the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA).
The Cabinet’s Economic Affairs Committee will meet thereafter, followed by a cabinet meeting.
It was decided that Pakistani nationals will no longer be allowed to travel to India under the SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme (SVES). All previously issued SVES visas are deemed cancelled. Pakistani nationals currently in India under SVES visas were asked to leave the country within 48 hours.
Other decisions included declaring the Defence, Military, Naval, and Air Advisors in the Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi as persona non grata and were given one week to leave India.
Officials said that after chairing the CCS meeting, PM Modi will also lead the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA). Besides the Prime Minister, the CCPA comprises Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Health Minister JP Nadda, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and other senior ministers.
The Cabinet’s Economic Affairs Committee will meet thereafter, followed by a cabinet meeting. | 