Civilian killings belie claims of normalcy in Jammu & Kashmir: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti
The former chief minister said while the government was making claims about normalcy, the gruesome killings suggest otherwise.
Published: 26th May 2022 04:38 PM | Last Updated: 26th May 2022 04:38 PM | A+A A-
Former Jammu and Kashmir CM and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti. (File | EPS)
SRINAGAR: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday questioned the Centre's Jammu and Kashmir policy saying the civilian killings in Kashmir did not support Government of India's claims of normalcy in the union territory.
"In Kashmir, mournings have sadly become the norm & a daily ritual. Countless innocent civilians are killed in one way or the other & devastated families are left behind to pick up the pieces. What will it take for GOI to recalibrate their J&K policy to end this bloodshed?" Mehbooba tweeted.
In Kashmir, mournings have sadly become the norm & a daily ritual. Countless innocent civilians are killed in one way or the other & devastated families are left behind to pick up the pieces. What will it take for GOI to recalibrate their J&K policy to end this bloodshed?
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) May 26, 2022
Commenting on the killing of a female TV artist by three Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in Budgam district's Chadoora area on Wednesday, the former chief minister said while the government was making claims about normalcy, the gruesome killings suggest otherwise.
"GOI keeps blowing its trumpet of normalcy in J&K even when such gruesome incidents suggest otherwise. My heart goes out to Ambreen Bhat's family & pray her nephew recovers swiftly," Mehbooba said.
The incident took place in the Hashoora Chadoora area of the central Kashmir district. The woman was identified as Amreen Bhat and her nephew as Farhan Zubair (10). Two civilians -- including Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat -- and three off-duty policemen have been killed in Kashmir during the month of May by the terrorists.
