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PDP-BJP are partners in crime: Omar Abdullah

| @indiablooms | May 07, 2018, at 02:41 pm

Srinagar, May 7 (IBNS): Attacking Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti over the death of  five people in Shopian on Sunday, former CM Omar Abdullah on Monday said the PDP and BJP are 'partners in crime'. 

"Your tweet has a hollow ring to it. At least your brother was more honest than you. This blood is the price Kashmiris are paying for you to remain CM & for PDP & BJP to remain 'partners in crime',"he tweeted.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed deep anguish and grief over the death of five civilians on Sunday at Shopian during a security operation.

In a statement, the Chief Minister said it sounds very depressing to note that the state is losing young lives to the unending cycle of violence who could otherwise be utilized for a positive contribution to the State.

She said Sunday’s deaths have brought a stark fact to fore, that gun, either way of a militant or that of security forces, is no solution for resolving issues.

“I have reiterated it time and again that political issues need political interventions”, she said while appealing to youth that their energies, youthfulness, dreams and aspirations are far more important and sacred to the society than their corpses or graves.

Mehbooba appealed to all sections of civil society, media, students, parents and other stakeholders to rise to this critical occasion, play their role and help in putting an end to this cycle of bloodshed in the state.

The Chief Minister reiterated her stand that issues in Jammu and Kashmir can be resolved only through a sustained dialogue between all stakeholders.

She said the three decades’ long violence in the State is a testimony to the fact that guns from either side cannot ensure peace but a compassion driven reconciliation process based on mutual respect surely can.

In this regard, the Chief Minister appealed to the national leadership of the country to show the element of compassion and empathy as required by the present day situation here and display the statesmanship to get Jammu and Kashmir out of the quagmire of killings by engaging in a meaningful dialogue in the state. 

“The sooner it happens, the more we can get our State out of the vicious cycle of killings and destruction”, she added.

 

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