Picking up gun by youth matter of concern: Vakil

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 15: President “Jammu Kashmir Bachao Tehreek” and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil today said that it is matter of concern for all that highly educated youth even now scholars are picking up gun and adopting the path of violence.
Addressing party workers in Jammu, Vakil said that all the mainstream parties must get united at this crucial juncture and deliberate upon the causes and reasons of the same. He urged them to compel Government of India to shun the indifferent attitude towards people of Kashmir as violence and use of brute force is never going to win the hearts and minds of people here.
Vakil said that looking and evaluating the Kashmir issue through the prism of egoism is a reason for present mess and reiterated that Centre Government and the regional parties for sake chair of never bothered to address the real issue and enjoyed the power at the cost of dead bodies.
The former minister further said that during the entire ongoing turmoil we lost our own people besides avenues of bread and butter in Kashmir diminished drastically. He said that at this crucial juncture NC and PDP must leave behind their routine politics centered attitude towards grabbing of power and should avoid misleading the innocent people of Kashmir through sentimental and emotional sloganeering rather should devote themselves for resolution of Kashmir issue on permanent basis and play a vital role in this behalf.
Tehreek leader  also said that the failure of the present dispensation recently stands acknowledged by the Governor as well. He said that Government is not familiar with the ground realities prevailing in the State and the recent decision of the Government to hold Panchayat elections is a reflection of same and as on date as its presence can be felt only around Civil Secretariat and its impression is not being felt even at district level. He urged people at the helm of affairs in the Government to come out their rooms and start mitigating the problems of the people.
General secreatary  JKBT and Ex- MLC,  Syed Rafiq Shah, secretary and media  in-charge Hakim Parvaiz and also spoke on the occasion.