Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 19: Jammu Kashmir Study Centre organized a seminar on Kargil Vijay Diwas and so called Martyrs Day, here this morning.
Eminent scholar Dr M K Bharat threw light on so-called “Martyr Day”, which is being observed as black day by the nationalist people while as Maj General (Retd) S K Sharma spoke on Kargil Vijay Diwas.
The seminar which was presided over by Dr Goutam Mengi, president J&K Chapter of Jammu and Kashmir Study Centre while Brig Suchet Singh was guest of honour in the function, which was attended by prominent citizens of Jammu.
Dr Bharat emphasized on the need of understanding the psychology and nefarious game-plan behind observing July 13 as Martyr Day. “Those who are observing July 13 as Martyr Day are indeed legitimizing the policy of terrorizing minority community and to glorify rioters who were involved in rioting, looting and attacking properties of minority community on that day”, he recalled and informed that police was forced to fire because rioters had broken gates of the Central Jail of the Srinagar to get one Abdul Qadir Gazi free.
Quoting some chapters of a book titled “Kashmir, Past and Present”, Dr Bharat mentioned that after police resorted to firing, the rioters spread in every nook and corner of Srinagar city and started attacking minority community. Three Hindus were also killed and one woman namely Durga was kidnapped by the rioters, he said.
Maj General (Retd) S K Sharma threw light on the importance of celebrating Kargil Vijay Diwas. He said that victory during Kargil conflict was important in many aspects because it was a battle to throw out Pakistani soldiers who had infiltrated into Indian soil in the guise of infiltrators.
Earlier Dr Goutam Mengi threw light on the activities of Jammu Kashmir Study Centre. He said that Centre has been involved in intellectual activities to create awareness on important issues.
O P Gupta presented vote of thanks at the end.
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