New Delhi: Centre's effort to stabilise situation in Kashmir got a major boost as CM Mehbooba Mufti blamed 'vested interests' to create seige in the valley and appealed to parents not to allow anybody to play with the future of their children.
In her first televised address since violence erupted in Kashmir four days back, Mufti said she was appealing to people as she herself being a parent could “feel the pain” of losing a near and dear one.
She promised action against security personnel who used excessive force while adding that some people were taking advantage of the situation and adding to tensions.
"Bloodshed will result in nothing. Life comes once. It is our duty to respect and appreciate this Godsend gift," Mebooba said in a passionate appeal in Urdu.
“While certain quarters are only interested in playing politics over the dead bodies of the youth, it is the family members of these slain youth who have to live with this pain forever,” Mufti said.
“Ironically, it is only the parents and other immediate family members of these ill-fated youth who have to live with the life-long trauma of losing their near and dear ones to this senseless violence,” Mufti underscored in her appeal.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti appealed for peace to end days of violence.
After returning from Africa, Modi chaired a high-level meeting and voiced concern over the incidents of violence in the Kashmir Valley.
Violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley after security forces killed Burhan Wani, the 22-year-old commander of Kashmir's largest rebel group, Hizbul Mujahideen, and two associates in a village on Friday.
The killing of Wani, who had emerged as the new face of Kashmir's militancy with his Facebook and other social media photos and videos, triggered a vicious cycle of protests by unruly mobs.
July 13 is a public holiday in the state in connection with the annual 'Youm-e-Suhada' (Martyrs' Day) to remember those who were killed in an uprising against the Dogra autocratic rule in 1931. Separatist leaders, most of them under house arrest, have called for a march to the martyrs' graveyard in the old city.
