* Congress President Sonia Gandhi : "India cannot be cowed down by such blatant acts of deceit. The entire Congress, as indeed the entire country, stands by them (the killed soldiers). Government should take appropriate action".
* Defence Minister A.K. Antony : "..Five Indian soldiers were martyred and one soldier was injured. The ambush was carried out by approximately 20 heavily armed terrorists along with persons dressed in Pakistan Army uniforms. I assure the house that our army is fully ready to take all necessary steps to uphold the sanctity of the LoC."
* Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah (tweet): "These incidents don't help efforts to normalise or even improve relations with Pak and call in to question the Pak Govt's recent overtures."
* Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari: "I think it is extremely unfortunate, it is reprehensible. But I would like to appeal to everybody not to play partisan politics with it."
* Samajwadi Party chief and former defence minister Mulayam Singh Yadav: "This is a matter of national unity, national security and self-confidence. Tell us why we are not able to stop these attacks. China and Pakistan are preparing to attack India... We face threat from both China and Pakistan...We need to be alert."
* Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley (BJP: "Today's incident is condemnable. We join the defence minister in saluting the families of the deceased. We can't make a spectacle of ourselves in front of the world, we must give a befitting message to Pakistan."
* BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu: "The government has been very soft on Pakistan. They are being violent, and our government is silent. It is a state policy of Pakistan ... to cripple India. India should immediately stop all talks with Pakistan. Relations with neighbours cannot be maintained from one side only."
* BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain: "Talks with Pakistan should not be held if even one bullet is fired at the border... You can't have ... our soldiers being killed and then hold talks side by side. The government should say there will be no talks, which will act as pressure on Pakistan."
