Various political parties in Jammu and Kashmir called for a shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as a mark of protests against the terror attack in Pahalgam.The ruling National Conference backed the bandh call and said,

Following a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi cut short his Saudi Arabia visit and returned to Delhi, choosing an alternative route that avoided overflying Pakistan.

As the first Indian prime minister in over four decades to visit Jeddah, the commercial capital of Saudi Arabia and the gateway to Islam's holiest sites, Modi's visit goes far beyond symbolic gestures.