Was warned I might be attacked in Kashmir, but people here gave me love, not hand grenades, says Rahul Gandhi

Srinagar; Speaking at a rally to mark the finale of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he was warned that he might be attacked in Kashmir but, “people here did not give me hand grenades but hearts full of love”. He added that BJP members could not walk like this in Jammu and Kashmir because “they are scared”. He also spoke about the pain of losing someone while remembering his father Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination, saying that he understood the pain of those who lost their kin in the Pulwama attack. He was wearing a traditional Kashmiri pheran to mark the occasion.