Says certain handful of people behind ‘violence’ in Kashmir
Srinagar | Aug 22 (PTK): Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today said there are a handful of people who are inciting violence in the Kashmir valley.
Speaking at an official function in Jammu, Mehbooba used the word “violence” that began in the valley last month, saying these people “who do not want peace in Kashmir are inviting youths to violence for their vested interests”.
She sad Kashmir Valley has been on the boil since the July 8 killing of militant commander Burhan Wani.
She said violence was no means to achieve anything. “Guns went into Afghanistan, Syria and Russia. Was anything achieved there by using those guns? Violence brings only destruction and nothing else.”
“These people started trouble in 2008. They started trouble again in 2010 following a fake encounter in Machil. After I took over, they tried to start trouble on the pretext of Handwara (alleged rape) incident which they failed to do,” she added.
She said certain groups aren’t happy with the PDP-BJP coalition in the state.
The Chief Minister said the fact that students from Kashmir studying outside the state did not face any problems because of the unrest proves the fact that people in other parts of the county love Kashmiris. (PTK)