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Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, NSA People belonging to the Hindu community employed in Kashmir protest over the death
Ajit Doval and Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and others during a high-level meet- of school teacher Rajni Bala and demand security for members of their community, in
ing over J&K security issues, at North Block in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo/Rahul Singh) Jammu on Friday. (ANI Photo)

teacher was killed in Jammu and community as rumoured by this tweet. ants to create an atmosphere of on Thursday held the Central govern-
Kashmir’s Kulgam, Congress leader Please do not spread rumours like mistrust”. Talking to reporters, the ment responsible for the targeted kill-
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a this,” Srinagar Airport said in a tweet. Grand Mufti spoke about the return ings in Jammu and Kashmir and said
jibe at the Centre saying 15 security Meanwhile, expressing his pain at of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley. that the BJP government has still not
personnel and 18 civilians were killed the killings in Valley, Kashmir’s Grand “They (Kashmiri Pandits) learnt any lessons from history and
in the last 5 months and Kashmiri Pan- Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam has said they had shouldn’t go, they should stay here. are repeating the same mistakes.
dits have been protesting for the past been seeking the return of Kashmiri We’ve been making lamentable cry His remark came in the wake
18 days but the BJP is ‘busy’ celebrat- Pandits for three decades and Jammu about their return for last 30 years. Now of the recent targeted killings in the
ing 8 years of the Modi government. and Kashmir’s main minority commu- they’ve returned and they should stay Valley. Speaking to media persons,
Further attacking the Bharatiya nity “should not go and stay with us with us with peace and dignity,” he said. Owaisi stated, “The whole responsi-
Janata Party (BJ), the Congress MP with peace and dignity”. There have been targeted killings bility lies with the Modi government.
said those who should be protecting The Grand Mufti spoke strong- in Kashmir by terrorists and Kashmiri The BJP government is not taking les-
the Kashmiri Pandits are busy pro- ly against violence as a means of Pandits have been among the victims. sons from history, the mistake that we
moting a film. solving any issue, noting that ev- In a related development, All did in the year 1989 is the same mis-
“Bank managers, teachers and ery killing is a heinous crime and India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen take Narendra Modi’s government
many innocent people are getting people should not allow “miscre- (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi is doing. In 1989 a political outlet
killed every day, Kashmiri Pandits are was closed and the politicians of the
fleeing. Those who have to protect valley (Kashmir) were not allowed
them, they have no time to promote to speak. They are making the same
the film. BJP has only made Kashmir mistakes. 1987 elections were rigged
its ladder of power. Take immediate and its results were seen in 1989.”
steps to restore peace in Kashmir, AIMIM chief further alleged that
Prime Minister,” he said in a tweet. the Modi government is seeing Kash-
The Congress leader’s statement miri Pandits as electoral issues and not
came after a Hindu school teacher as humans.
Rajni Bala was fired at by terrorists in “The new delimitation that the
the Kulgam district of the Kashmir re- Modi government has brought is
gion on Tuesday. called geometry. Secondly political
Now, the Srinagar Airport au- liver should be with the valley-based
thorities on Thursday denied Rahul politicians and you have taken away
Gandhi’s claim of the exodus of the that from them. Thirdly you are mak-
Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley. ing films and promoting Kashmiri
The authority’s clarification came af- Pandits. In the place where Kashmiri
ter Rahul Gandhi in a tweet claimed Pandits are living, you had to close
that many innocent people are being them and stop them from running
killed in Jammu and Kashmir and a away. They see Kashmiri Pandits as
fresh exodus of Kashmiri Pandits has electoral issues and not as humans.
started in the Valley. The airport au- They don’t allow the local politicians
thorities also urged not to spread such to speak. Such things are giving way to
rumours. terrorism. Its onus lies on the BJP gov-
“We strongly rebut this sensa- ernment, I condemn it,” Owaisi said.
tional rumour-mongering. We handle In the middle of these political
between 16 thousand to 18 thousand allegations and counter-allegations, it
passengers every day. Today also the People from the Kashmiri Pandit community with their belongings as they prepare to leave is the Kashmiri Pandits and workers
number of passengers is average. the valley, amid a surge in the targeted killings, in Srinagar on Thursday. (ANI Photo) from outside Jammu & Kashmir who
There is no heavy rush of the minority are facing the terror of militants.

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