Advisory creates panic: Omar

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 2: The National Conference reacted strongly to the security advisory today asking Amarnath pilgrims and tourists to leave Kashmir as soon as possible.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the directive would do nothing to dampen the sense of fear that is prevailing in the Valley.
“Although this unprecedented order would seem to suggest a genuine fear of a massive terror strike directed at Amarnath ji yatris or/and tourists this will do nothing to dampen the sense of fear & foreboding that prevails in the Valley at the moment,” Abdullah said in a series of tweets.
The comments come after the Jammu and Kashmir administration asked Amarnath pilgrims and tourists to immediately cut short their stay in the Valley and return as soon as possible in the wake of intelligence inputs of “specific terror threats” to the pilgrimage.
“Seriously? You think an official order telling tourists to leave immediately will not cause them to run from the Valley as fast as they can? Which tourist will hang around after seeing this order. The airport & highway will be choked with people leaving,” he tweeted.

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