” We had made amply clear prior to this second visit by Singh that such visits are meaningless to us”.
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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in a meeting with a delegation of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference party leaders led by former Chief Minister of J&K, Omar Abdullah in Srinagar on Wednesday.
In contrast, Mehbooba Mufti said five per cent of people in Kashmir were involved in the violence and they will be dealt with under the law.
The attendance in government offices and banks was also affected, the official said. “We are ready to sacrifice everything and anything for our religion and to protect our Muslim identity”, she said.
Singh, who is accompanied by Home Secretary RajivMehrishi, will review the situation in Kashmir where as many as 65 persons have been killed and over 8000 injured in clashes between protestors and security forces that broke out in the wake of killing of HizbulMujahideen commander BurhanWani in an encounter. “We have sacrificed lakhs of lives and will sacrifice everything to safeguard our religious identity and our dignity as we know that it is not safe with India”, she added.
“People came on streets; we imposed curfew”.
Singh said he had met 300 people since Wednesday, including those who have different ideologies from the government.
“They also demanded that Centre initiate a dialogue with all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir to find a lasting solution to the problems faced by the State”, a source said.
The dead man had been wounded previously in February, forcing doctors to remove his spleen after he was hit by buckshot used by Indian forces in Kashmir as “non-lethal weapons” to quell disturbances.
She said that people need to expose the black sheep and opportunists in the society and need to be united against this aggression and brutalities being unleashed by the Indian authorities and its stooges.
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Kashmir clerics have condemned the siege by forces on Jamai Masjid.
