New York sources reported that Members of the Indian community have held protests outside the Pakistani consulates in New York and Chicago to condemn the February 14 Pulwama attack that claimed the lives of 40 CRPF troopers. Earlier in New York on Friday, the police stopped 400 protesters from approaching the consulate building and cordoned them off next to Central Park, across the avenue.
Furthermore they protested peacefully for over two hours shouting “Vande Mataram” and “God Bless America” along with slogans denouncing Pakistan’s support for terrorism. Meanwhile a delegation went to the consulate to handover a memorandum demanding “credible and visible” action against the perpetrators of the Pulwama carnage that was claimed by the Pakistan based Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) and the 2008 Mumbai terror attack that claimed 163 lives.
Moreover about 600 people, including Woodbridge Mayor John McCormac Councilwoman Nancy Drumm, attended the vigil. Previously OFBJP organized the screening of Bollywood film “Uri” to raise awareness of terrorism in the sub-continent, across the US, Indian communities have held vigils and prayer services for the victims, including in Atlanta, Georgia; Naperville, Illinois; Sacramento, California’ and Houston, Stafford and Woodlands in Texas.
