SRINAGAR : Rejecting Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s comment that demonetisation has resulted in decline in stone pelting in the valley, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said it was a false equivalencies.
However, official figures suggest that after demonetisation there have been 15 incidents of stone pelting, out of which 10 took place on Sunday. Mr Abdullah, who is the working president of National Conference (NC), said ”thank goodness for the sensible and correct voices from the ground which are rejecting such comments by the Defence Minister.”
However, he said Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should be rejecting such comments as well.
“Thank goodness for the sensible & correct voices from the ground. This is what @MehboobaMufti should have been saying as well,” Mr Abdullah wrote on micro-blogging site twitter.
He was reacting to a tweet which read ‘Linking decline in stone pelting in #Kashmir incidents with demonetisation is absurd. Incidents have been on decline for past over a month.’
The tweet came in the backdrop of the Defence Minister’s comment, “Earlier, there were rates – Rs 500 for stone pelting (on security forces in Kashmir) and Rs 1,000 for doing something else but PM has brought terror funding to zero.”
Mr Abdullah also ridiculed Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Prakesh Javadekar’s comment equating demonetisation and students in Kashmir appearing with examinations as surgical strikes. “Demonitisation=surgical strike; Kashmiri kids sitting their exams=surgical strike.
Talking about drawing false equivalencies!,” Mr Abdullah said. According to official figures, 820 incidents of stone pelting were reported in July, while in August 747 incidents took place. Similarly in September 119 incidents of stone pelting were reported while as in October 157 incidents took place. In the last 15 days, 50 incidents of stone pelting have been reported. (agencies)
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