The Jammu & Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Wednesday raised serious concerns with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar regarding the safety of Indian students stranded in different parts of Iran amid the ongoing airstrikes and escalating hostilities.
"The Chief Minister emphasised the importance of maintaining peace and harmony in Jammu and Kashmir while respecting people’s sentiments and ensuring that expressions of grief and mourning remain peaceful and responsible."
Hours after Israel launched major strikes on Iran’s military and nuclear sites, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah urged the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to ensure the safety and well-being of Kashmiri students stranded in Iran.
Mehbooba wrote a letter to the PM urging him to intervene so that the future of these “young bright minds is not destroyed”.
Former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti have demanded the immediate release of these students who have been taken into custody by the police in Agra.
That the attacker was a Kashmiri made members of the mob lose their minds and forget that if Kashmir is an integral part of India so are Kashmiris our own citizens.
The Prime Minister's warning against assaults comes a day after the Supreme Court asked the Centre and 10 states to ensure the safety of Kashmiris against violence and social boycott.
Soni Razdan has spoken in support of Kashmiri students who have been victims of abuse and assault after the 14 February Pulwama terror attack.
The petitioner, Tariq Adeeb, had sought from the apex court directions to authorities concerned to take action to stop assaults on students from Kashmir taking place at different educational institutions across the country.
The petition has sought direction to the Centre for taking steps to prevent "threats, assaults, violent attacks, social boycotts, ostracism, evictions and other coercive acts" committed by groups and mobs against "Kashmiris and other minorities".
