Farooq, Mehbooba blame The Kashmir Files for anger in Kashmir
The Hindu
“Youth are angry here for how they are being perceived outside,” said National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, accusing The Kashmir Files of “infusing hatred”
Top leaders of the J&K-based political amalgam Gupkar alliance, Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday blamed the recent movie The Kashmir Files for “infusing a wave of hatred among youth in Kashmir” and claimed the situation in Kashmir was getting bad.
“I told the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha that the baseless The Kashmir Files movie has infused hatred across the country and among youth in Kashmir. How would one believe that a Hindu would be killed and his wife asked to eat blood-soaked rice? Are people of Kashmir so lowly? Youth are angry here for how they are being perceived outside,” former Chief Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said, a day after the alliance leaders met the L-G.
He said beating the drum about the arrival of tourists to Kashmir “does not reflect peace”.
“A constable was killed. A civilian was shot dead despite him raising his arms in the air. Protesting Pandits were teargassed. I have never seen Pandits throwing stones. What was the need to use force?”
Dr. Abdullah said he discussed with the L-G how the leadership was being detained and disallowed to meet the victim families. “Mehbooba-ji wanted to go to Kulgam and Budgam where members of the minorities were killed but was not allowed. How can we reduce the gap then?” Dr. Abdullah said.
He said the Gupkar alliance would support all the initiatives of the L-G administration aimed at peace in J&K. “We want a prosperous State of J&K. We want the bad situation and unemployment to come to an end.”
He also demanded safe accommodation for Kashmiri Pandits working in the Valley.
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