Appeals minority communities not to leave Kashmir
According to National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah, recent attacks on civilians in Kashmir are intended to drive a wedge between communities, and it is the responsibility of the majority population to provide a sense of security to minority communities.
He also appealed the members of the minority communities in Kashmir to not allow a repeat of what happened in the 1990s by leaving their homes.
Abdullah further chastised the authorities for failing to prevent the attacks while speaking to reporters after visiting the home of killed school principal Supinder Kour in Aloochi Bagh.
“The attacks are happening one after the other, and no one feels safe here today.” Muslims, Kashmiri Pandits, and Sikh brethren have all been targeted in this city. He stated, “They do not feel safe.”
“This is not the time for politics, and I have not come here for politics,” Abdullah remarked, “but it is the rulers’ job to make people understand where the failure lies.”
Even though he was not a member of the government, the former chief minister stated he had “been hearing over the last month or two that minority populations will be targeted here.”
“I heard it from trustworthy sources. Did this information reach the appropriate people in the administration when it reached me? What were they thinking? Why didn’t they do something about it?
“There is a fearful mood here, and everyone is considering leaving.” It is our obligation, particularly those of the majority community, to attempt to instil a sense of security among our brothers and neighbours so that we do not repeat the situation of the 1990s,” he stated.
When questioned if the attacks were carried out to shatter communal unity in J&K, Abdullah claimed that the militants had always had such a goal in mind.
“They’ve had this agenda since the beginning.” They also separated and killed these two teachers the day before. The goal is to destabilise the area’s typical community cohesion and exacerbate the issue.
“That is why I stated that the majority community has responsibility. “Just as we seek the safety of Muslims and Sikhs in other areas of the country from our Hindu brethren, it is our job to give them with a sense of security in Kashmir, where Muslims are the majority,” he said.
Abdullah urged the Kashmir Valley’s minority populations not to leave, saying that while it is simple to pass judgement in his favour, “it will be absolutely unfair since I can well comprehend the sense of fear that they must be living under.”
“All I can do is make a sincere appeal to each and every one of them.” The goal of these attacks is to create a schism between the groups and try to force them out of Kashmir. We cannot let these attacks to succeed, and as a result, I am pleading with them all to reconsider leaving from here,” he stated.
The NC leader stated that his party will continue to exert pressure on the administration to ensure that all of these persons are safe and protected.
“However, there should not be a selective approach, such as the government’s decision after the assaults to offer Kashmiri Pandit employees a 10-day holiday but not Kashmiri Sikhs.” In this attack, if a Pandit as well as a Sikh were attacked, why only holiday for Pandits? He asked, “Why not for them (Sikhs)?”
(With inputs from Kashmir Images Newspaper.)
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