What others said about latest uprising
By Latheef FarookIn the latest political uprising in Kashmir, erupted following the killing of 22 year old Hisbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani on 8 July 2016, 48 people were killed and more than 3000 were injured.
According to New Delhi based NDTV the Indian armed forces shot at protestors using pellet guns aimed at faces blinding for life even children as young as five. Two weeks later Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited the state on 23 July 2016 with an appeal to armed forces to exercise maximum restraint.
Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah told Minister Rajnath that“Jammu and Kashmir needs a political solution and unless some long term measures are taken, the Kashmir issue will continue to burn. The central government should accept the reality of the Kashmir issue”.
Severely criticising the forces former Minister and Democratic Nationalist Party (DNP) Chairman, Ghulam Hassan Mir said the” forces have committed ‘atrocities on people leading to alienation among them.The situation is turning from bad to worse and there is a need for working out an out of box solution”.
Realizing the seriousness of the situation Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Saif-ud-Din Soz asked all the political parties to pay heed to suggestions made by former Union Minister P Chidambaram who has favoured greater autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir.
