SRINAGAR: With harassment and targeted attacks on Kashmiri shawl sellers continuing outside Jammu and Kashmir, the issue was raised in the J&K Assembly on Tuesday, as MLAs demanded steps to stop the assault on traders. Members of the ruling National Conference as well as the opposition PDP and PC demanded an immediate end to the targeted attacks.
Several legislators also called for an end to the continued harassment of Kashmiri shawl sellers and students. PDP MLA Waheed Para moved an adjournment motion to discuss the issue, but it was rejected by Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather.
CM Omar Abdullah termed the harassment of Kashmiri traders and students unacceptable. “I raised this issue at the north zone Chief Ministers’ conference and appealed to all CMs and the Union Home Minister to help stop such incidents. I thank the Uttarakhand CM for taking prompt action,” he said.
After the assault on 17-year-old Kashmiri shawl seller Mohammad Tabish and his elder brother Mohammad Danish in Uttarakhand last week, attacks on Kashmiri shawl sellers have occurred in Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.