Excelsior Correspondent
PAHALGAM, Dec 7: Expressing concern over repeated violence and intimidation against Kashmiri students and professionals putting up outside the State, People’s Democratic Party president and Member Parliament Mehbooba Mufti today said that it is a challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have such incidents stopped and restore confidence of youth.
“Reports of such incidents from various parts of country pouring in almost on regular basis are shocking and the menace has now reached an alarming stage”, Mehbooba said while addressing various roadside meetings here today.
She said that there has been number of incidents where Kashmiri students, traders and sportsmen have been victimized in various parts of the country purely for their Kashmiri origin. While thousands of students, businessmen and professionals from Jammu and Kashmir are pursuing their respective professions throughout the country cases of harassment and violence as in Haryana create a sense of insecurity among all including the families of the victims back home, she added.
Referring to the latest incidents where several students have been reportedly attacked and injured at the Institute for Management and Technology, Haryana, the PDP president said that it was obligatory upon the police agencies not only to ensure speedy investigation but also to take all measures to provide security to the students from J&K studying in the college.
While elaborating on the objective of Government of India schemes according admission to J&K students in professional colleges across the country for addressing sense of alienation among the Kashmiri youth, she said that the purpose is defeated if those students are attacked on the basis of their identity. She requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take all measure to ensure that the attackers get exemplary punishment under law so as to prove a deterrent for the others.
She said that addressing the basic issues of youth is one of the thrust areas of PDP and the party will take all measures to ensure that their sense of security and dignity is revived. She said that party has incorporated skill development, generation of employment and restoration of safety and dignity of youth in its vision document.
Referring to various issues highlighted by the local residents during her road shows, the PDP president said that her party has a vision not only to address the basic issues of people but also creation of tourism related infrastructure in various parts of State including Pahalgam.
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