Rising Kashmir NewsSrinagar, March 6:Following the withdrawal of sedition case against 68 Kashmiri students, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday thanked his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Akhilesh Yadav for his intervention in the matter.“Very glad that the UP Police has withdrawn the sedition case against the boys. Grateful to AkhileshYadav for his intervention in the case,” Omar wroteon microblogging site twitter.Earlier, Omar said slapping of sedition charges against Kashmiri students in Meerut by Uttar Pradesh Government for allegedly cheering Pakistan team during a cricket match that India lost was “unacceptably harsh punishment” and should be reversed.“I believe what the students did was wrong and misguided but they certainly didn’t deserve to have charges of sedition slapped against them. I believe the University did what it had to, to controlthe situation, but this action by the UP Government is uncalled for and should be reversed,” Omar wrote on twitter.He said slapping sedition charge against Kashmiri students was an “unacceptably harsh punishment”that will ruin the future of the students and will further alienate them.”“I talked to UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and he has assured me that he will personally look intothe issue,” Omar said.He, however, said the students did not commit anyillegal act, irrespective of the team they were cheering for.“Finally while what the boys may have done in Meerut is misguided, it certainly isn’t illegal, regardless of whom they were cheering,” he said.The Chief Minister said the students should introspect their actions as they had been selected under the Prime Minister’s Special Scholarship Scheme.“The sad fact is that some of these students are recipients of the PM scholarship for Kashmiris. Perhaps they need to introspect,” he added.Meanwhile, Omar has directed NC leader Junaid Mattu to proceed to Meerut right away to meet University authorities and local authorities in Meerut and also establish round the clock contact with the students who have been booked for sedition. “Junaid Mattu will rush to Meerut at the earliest possible instance tomorrow and hold talks with concerned authorities in UP,” sources said.The sedition charges against the Kashmiri studentswere dropped by UP government in the evening. #syedrayees
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:24:32 +0000
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