SRINAGAR: Blaming “vested interests” for the unrest in Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today appealed to the parents not to allow anybody to play with the future of their children as she asserted that violence does not achieve anything but only results in bloodshed.
She promised to work out a mechanism to ensure a secure and dignified living for the kith and kin of the victims of violence.
In her first televised address since violence erupted in Kashmir four days back, she said she was appealing to people as she herself being a parent could “feel the pain” of losing a near and dear one.
“While certain quarters are only interested in playing politics over the dead bodies of the youth, it is the family members of these slain youth who have to live with this pain forever,” she said.
“Ironically, it is only the parents and other immediate family members of these ill-fated youth who have to live with the life-long trauma of losing their near and dear ones to this senseless violence,” Mehbooba underscored in her appeal.
Commenting on the unrest, she said, “Unfortunately some elements are hell bent upon fomenting trouble, mayhem and bloodshed in Kashmir for their vested interests and are playing with the lives of the innocent youth by instigating them to indulge in extreme violence resulting in a vicious cycle of frenzy and bloodshed.”
Without identifying anyone, the Chief Minister said, “There are hundreds of such families in Kashmir who have lost their near and dear ones to the violence, one way or the other, and have been left at the mercy of the God. (AGENCIES)
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