Sources said on one hand the central government rushed 26 more security companies to the region to deal with violent outburst but and on other hand, the Modi government reiterates giving a healing touch to Kashmiri people.
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A joint delegation of opposition parties led by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and apprised him of the ground situation with an appeal to adopt a political approach in dealing with the unrest in the Valley.
They said the delegation urged the Home Minister to immediately ban use of pellet guns as a crowd control means in Kashmir.
At least 68 people, including 66 civilians and two policemen, have died in the violence in the valley since July 9, a day after Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani was killed by security forces.
Singh’s visit to Kashmir is apparently a follow up to Modi’s interaction with the Omar-led delegation of Opposition parties in the union capital on Monday. Speaking to a private TV channel, he said a political solution to the problem will have to be found soon within the Constitutional parameters.
“I will not speak on behalf of the Home Minister because he will himself talk on what he wants to do”.
The delegation, he said had come with the “hope that our voices will be heard”.
The 46-year-old Working President of National Conference said they requested the Prime Minister for finding a political solution to the Kashmir issue so that a lasting peace is ensured in the state as well as the country.
The Centre yesterday rushed 2,600 additional paramilitary forces to Jammu and Kashmir, in the wake of continuous unrest in the Kashmir Valley. Whatever is happening in Kashmir, Pakistan, LeT and the rest of the terrorist organisations are responsible for this.
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An employee of Jammu and Kashmir Bank donate blood to be supplied to hospitals that are treating hundreds of injured protesters, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016.
