Mehbooba, Karra condemn attack on Kashmir students Web Desk Srinagar, Dec 7: Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders Mehbooba Mufti and Tariq Hameed Karra Sunday condemned the latest attack on Kashmiri students at a college in Haryana. Member Parliament, Tariq Hameed Karra asked the Haryana government to ensure safety of the Kashmiri students. “The Haryana Government should immediately take up the matter with the concerned college authorities and ensure that no harm is caused to the Kashmiri students,” Karra said in a statement today. He has also demanded legal action against the hooligans involved in the attack on Kashmiri students. Karra said he would take up the issue with the Union Human Resource Development Minister so that such incidents don’t recur in future. “Such incidents only fuel alienation among the Kashmiri youth and add to the trust deficit,” he said and added that an advisory should go from the Centre to all the chief ministers to avoid recurrence of such incidents. Expressing concern over repeated violence and intimidation against Kashmiri students and professionals putting up outside the state, PDP President and Member Parliament Mehbooba Mufti said that it is a challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop such incidents 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 on Sunday. She said that there has been number of incidents where Kashmiri students, traders and sportsmen have been victimised 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 creates a sense of insecurity among all including the families of the victims back home. Referring to the latest incident where several students have been reportedly attacked and injured at Global Research Institute for Management and Technology, 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 Jammu and Kashmir studying in the college.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 14:11:09 +0000
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