Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 8: Terming the latest arrest spree of youth and political leaders as atrocious and undemocratic, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) today said such repressive methods deepen the existing level of alienation among the people.
In a statement, the party chief spokesperson, Naeem Akhtar said the ruling Government can’t silence the genuine voices of people, who are fighting for justice and democratic rights, by such barbaric methods. He said instead of providing a genuine democratic space to the young people, political opponents and relating with them, the Government is resorting to crackdown to stifle the voice of dissent.
He said instead of real ‘hand holding of the youth’, Omar Abdullah is handcuffing and subjecting them to humiliation and inhuman treatment inside the police lockups thus making their lives miserable. “By lodging FIRs against more than 10 thousand young people over the last five years, the Chief Minister has played a damaging role in destroying their careers,” said Akhtar.
“It is ironical that a minister, who was forced to resign, against whom a case of molestation has been lodged, is roaming free, while the political opponents are being pushed into jails,” he said.
The PDP leader alleged that Kashmir has been turned into a virtual prison, where normal activities are being curbed in the name of ‘security’ and the ruling dispensation tries to sell it as a ‘peace’ thus brags about being the saviors of the nation.
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