SRINAGAR : Drawing attention towards female foeticide, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said this evil has silently crept in the society and should be of the utmost concern for one and all.
‘Nothing can be more heinous and inhuman than killing female baby in the womb of the mother,’ Mr Abdullah said in an address on Doordarshan on the Independence day.
He said it was unbelievable in a learned, educated and religious society. Mr Abdullah referred to the Hadhis (Saying) of Prophet Muhammad (SAWW) that any person who nurtures a girl child will get Jannat (Haven) in reward and cautioned the people against the sin of female foeticide.
He appealed the civil society, religious leaders, social workers and others to play their important role in making people aware of the dangerous consequences of this inhuman act so that the trend reported in this regard is reversed.
The Chief Minister also referred to another social evil of drug addiction among the youth and said that this menace is engulfing them under its clutches.
‘It has been observed that the tentacles of drug addiction is bringing youth under its grip and is deeply penetrating in the vitals of the society,’ he said and added that if this menace is not restricted; the state would be deprived of its talented youth.
He also sought the involvement of civil society in this regard and said the Government and people have to work together to curb all social evils. (AGENCIES)
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