A fragile peace~II
As far as the present ‘peace’ offensive in the Valley is concerned, it is quite possible that peace is gradually returning to the Valley, and there has indeed been a dip in violence.
As far as the present ‘peace’ offensive in the Valley is concerned, it is quite possible that peace is gradually returning to the Valley, and there has indeed been a dip in violence.
The Kheer Bhawani Mela started on 26th of May and concluded on 28th of May, i.e., on Jyeshtha Ashtami. On the first day of Mela, more than 2500 devotees reached the temple in 107 buses from Jammu.
Azad said that life is more important than employment and the government should transfer Kashmiri Pandits to Jammu.
A bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and C.T. Ravikumar told the counsel, representing the NGO We the Citizens, to raise the grievances before the Central government.
The PM Package employees are protesting for last one month in support of their demand to be relocated to safe places outside the Valley as they were not feeling safe in Kashmir in the face of targeted killings.
Large number of Kashmiri Pandits participated in the procession that passed through the city streets in Srinagar
In his letter, Vineet Jindal, a practicing Supreme Court lawyer, stated that thousands lost their lives in the target killings.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone have condemned the killing and have expressed sympathy with the family of the deceased.
“It is a tragedy that the state has failed to safeguard the lives of those people who preferred to stay back against terrorism in Kashmir”, Rana said in a statement.
Kashmiri Pandits have been maintaining their tryst with the deity even after the mass exodus from the valley in 1990 when terrorism broke out in J&K.
