The Prime Minister had in his public rally in Madhya Pradesh a day earlier appealed for peace in the valley.
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He added, “With the help of his speeches, he is raising those sensitive issues which should be otherwise raised in the Parliament”.
“We have to end the violence and the current bloodshed in Kashmir”.
While using the famous words of Kashmiriyat, Insaniyat and Jamooriyat used by former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee on solving Kashmir issue, PM Modi said, “we give so much love to Kashmir but some people there are causing it a lot of harm”. Even as a likely PM candidate, Modi had referred to the insaniyat-Kashmiriyat-jamooriyat formulation in 2013. They want your development.
Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Sharad Yadav said: “Other than the ruling alliance, the House and the country does not know what is happening”.
“The Prime Minister has broken his silence over the Kashmir issue and that too outside Parliament”. The meeting would be atteneded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. We got to hear about PM views from Telangana.
He also questioned Azad as to why people who came from West Pakistan in 1947 have not been given citizenship of India even though Congress ruled the country for almost 55 years. We all should jointly take out a solution for this. Everyone in Kashmir is a victim of militancy. More than 50 people have been killed, including two police officers, while thousands have been wounded in demonstrations that have been described as unprecedented in the history of Kashmir.
The Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Muhammad Yasin Malik in his statement termed the Modi’s assertions illogical, saying that describing the overwhelming pro-freedom population of Kashmir as some misled people is old tradition of Indian rulers.
The Rajya Sabha also passed an unanimous resolution, expressing sympathies over deaths in Kashmir, vows to instill faith among people of the Valley. It will the second discussion on the Kashir crisis this session.
Continuing to speak on the ongoing unrest in the Kashmir Valley, Singh said that the time has come to rise above politics.
“No solutions have been found in over 32 days of turmoil in Kashmir and use of pellet guns has also not stopped despite repeated requests. Blood is being spilled in Kashmir and that’s why vultures are coming in from across the border”, he added. There is an impression that the state government had failed to take any initiative. How are you going to implement that? “NIA is further investigating the role of Lashkar in the present unrest in Kashmir”, Inspector General of NIA Sanjeev Singh told reporters here. But the crown of India (Kashmir) is burning.
He also informed that over 3000 civilians were injured the clashes across the Valley. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said. Kashmir has the same freedom that every Indian feels.
In what can be called as the strongest message coming out of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), minister of state Jitendra Singh today said if “jihad” is a sure shot way to “jannat” then why don’t they send their kids in “safe heaven”. “.but what about the innocent youth?” he asked, adding, “It pains me sometimes that some young men, who should have a laptop, a volleyball, cricket bat. have been given stones in their hands”.
“Some want destruction over development in Kashmir”, Modi said.
A BJP MP from the state, Shamsher Singh Manhas, participating in the debate, was aghast over “everyone is speaking about Kashmir and not Jammu”.
Sitaram Yechury of the CPI (M) said mere slogans on Kashmir will not work and the government should come out with concrete plans.
“Jammu and Kashmir is not about Kashmir only”.
Mr Singh said getting Kashmir will only remain a dream for Pakistan.
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These were PM Modi’s first comments on the continuing unrest in the valley in the aftermath of the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen “commander” Burhan Wani by security forces on July 8.
