Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 11: The CPI (M) State Secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at his official residence in New Delhi and discussed a number of socio-political issues concerning Jammu and Kashmir besides the safety concerns of Kashmiri prisoners following fatal attack on a Pakistani prisoner.
While referring to the fatal attacks on Sarbjeet Singh in Pakistan and Sonaullah Ranjay in a Jammu jail, Tarigami urged the Prime Minister that the Governments of India and Pakistan need to come out of their established stands and talk straight facts before things spiral out. He said both the murderous assaults that took place in Pakistan and Indian jails are equally condemnable.
Echoing the serious concerns and apprehensions about safety and security of Kashmiri prisoners lodged outside J&K, Tarigami urged the Prime Minister to ensure safety and security of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in different jails across the country.
He also apprised the Prime Minister of his concerns over the growing unemployment in Kashmir and the initiatives that must be taken by the Government of India to address this huge problem. Sufferings caused by the massive earthquake in Chenab Valley also surfaced in the meeting.
Tarigami told the Prime Minister that besides creating employment opportunities in the Government sector, the Government of India must take serious initiatives motivating the private sector to generate employment avenues for Kashmiri unemployed youth in bulk. He said skill development programmes can be launched to enable youth to get freely absorbed in the open job market or enter into entrepreneurship arena.
Be it the border skirmishes, terror attacks or the fatal attacks on prisoners; the people of Jammu and Kashmiri are direct victims of any type of confrontation between India and Pakistan, Tarigami told the Prime Minister, urging him that the two countries take measures for engagement and reduction in tension and estrangement across the borders.
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