LJD stands with govt: Sharad Yadav

Opposition leader Sharad Yadav Friday termed the Pulwama terror attack barbarous and said his Loktantrik Janata Dal stands with the government.

A meeting of the party's office-bearers offered their support to the government at this hour and asserted that the country cannot be allowed to divide by terror forces, a statement said, a day after an explosives laden truck rammed into a CRPF convoy in Pulwama outside Srinagar, killing 40 soldiers.

Earlier in the day, Congress president Rahul Gandhi described the Pulwama terror assault as an attack on India's soul and said his party as well as the entire opposition was fully supportive of the government and the security forces.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted that those behind the attack will be given a befitting reply and security forces have been given a free hand to hit back.