The Chief Minister also raised serious questions over the storage and handling of explosives at the Nowgam Police Station, where a blast claimed nine lives and left many injured.
Speaking after the inauguration of railway infrastructure projects, the prime minister said, “The motive (behind the Pahalgam terror attack) was to spark riots across India and crush the livelihoods of hardworking Kashmiris.”
Sounding a warning to Pakistan over the Pahalgam terrorist attack, Farooq Abdullah on Monday called for a strong and decisive response to the neighbouring country’s provocation.
Syed Mohammed Altaf Bukhari claimed his party is the only hope for the people of Kashmir. The party was founded in view of apprehensions among the people that the outsiders will grab their jobs and land.
Lone said the process of disempowerment started on 5 August 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated refuses to abate. Rarely a day passes when there is not some sort of law aimed at belittling Kashmiris, humiliating them and further disempowering them.
Supporting Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's statement on the country's partition, Abdullah said had there been no partition, the country would have been more powerful with both the communities co-existing peacefully.
The men were heard in the video saying that they were assaulting the vendors because they were from Kashmir.
Those who are advocating the use of force, military or economic, in the hope that Kashmiris will then accept the authority of the Indian state to govern Kashmir, are living in a fool‘s paradise. If the majority of Kashmiris wanted freedom, they would have had it by now, despite all the might of the Indian Army.
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.
The incident came a day after students from Kashmir studying in a college in Yavatmal in Maharashtra were attacked, allegedly by members of the Yuva Sena.
