Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 24 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief VD Sharma on Thursday applauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's promise of swift retaliation for Pahalgam terror attack saying the PM has always taken the strongest steps against terrorism and such people will not be spared under his leadership.

Speaking to ANI, Sharma said, 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken the strongest steps against terrorism not just today but ever since he has been in this region. From Prime Minister Modi to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, everyone is serious about this incident (Pahalgam terror attack). The Prime Minister has given a message from the land of Bihar that such action will be taken against terrorism that they will remember it.'

The BJP state chief further said that he believed the tourists were martyred in that area, and the terrorist who perpetrated this act would not be spared at any cost.

'I believe and would say that our people, who were tourists, have been martyred in that area... It is the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, such people will not be spared,' he added.

Earlier, while addressing people at National Panchayati Raj Day in Bihar's Madhubani on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued a stern warning in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack and said that India will 'pursue the terrorists to the end of the earth.'

PM Modi added that the entire nation is saddened by the brutality with which terrorists killed innocent civilians in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22.

'On April 22, terrorists killed innocent people of the country in J-K's Pahalgam... The country is in mourning and in pain following this incident. We stand with the families of the victims. Today, from the soil of Bihar, India will identify, track and punish every terrorist, their handlers and their backers. We will pursue them to the end of the earth. India's spirit will never be broken by Terrorism. Terrorism will not go unpunished. Every effort will be made to ensure that justice is done. The entire nation is firm in this resolve. Everyone who believes in humanity is on our side. I thank the people of various countries and their leaders, who have stood with us in these times,' PM Modi said.

'I want to say in very clear words that these terrorists and those who conspired towards this attack will get a punishment bigger than they can imagine. The willpower of 140 crore Indians will now break the back of the masters of terror,' he added.

PM Modi also observed a moment of silence to pay tribute to those who were killed in the Pahalgam Terrorist Attack, in Bihar's Madhubani. (ANI)