Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 5: Congress today termed the current unrest as dangerous, besides a great loss to the people in Kashmir, in particular and entire J&K State in general.
In a press statement here, PCC chief GA Mir said that inorder to end the crisis, State Govt and Centre Govts should move with a great sense of responsibility to end the current unrest.
Describing the deteriorating situation as dangerous and as a great loss to the State, Mir stated that Central and State Govt should move ahead with a great sense of responsibility and make serious efforts to reach out to the people.
Emphasizing the need to adopt a holistic approach in ending the unrest, PCC chief asked both Centre and State Govts to make serious efforts to bring back normalcy, besides avoiding use of force or bullets on the people. He said Congress shall continue to work for prevalence of peace, besides safety and security of the people, but at the same the Party strongly condemns the innocent killings and urges the both State and Centre Govts to ensure safety of common innocent people.
Terming the killing of Chattabal youth as highly condemnable, GA Mir said that PDP led Govt is not even able to stop the innocent killings, such type of unfortunate incident reflects the inability and inefficiency of the Coalition Govt to handle the crisis. He said incidents like killings or injuring people without any provocation give rise to the anger among the people, besides making it difficult almost impossible to restore peace.
“Innocent killings cannot be tolerated. It’s unfortunate that State Govt is still in a moribund condition, not able to stop innocent killings, which is a matter of serious concern,” PCC leader added.
Calling for calm, PCC chief appealed the people to maintain peace and avoid confrontation with security forces.
Mr Mir strongly urged upon the authorities dealing with law and order to exercise restraint and avoid use of pellets or any other lethal weapon as the pellets have damaged eye sight of hundreds of people.
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