Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 5: Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today termed the suicide bombing near the Grand Mosque in Madina as the most outrageous and unprecedented assault on Islam and said the Muslims across the globe have to raise a united voice against the perpetrators of this heinous violence.
Chief Minister while addressing public gatherings after inaugurating three Community Centres in Safakadal, Gangbugh and Natipora areas of Srinagar city today said: “The perpetrators have now crossed the last line by attacking the holiest of the places of Islam which has been a source of peace and stability for the humanity for centuries.”
Mehbooba said such atrocious acts of violence contradict all humanitarian, moral and Islamic values and the perpetrators are spreading chaos and anarchy in the Muslim world and making both Muslims as well as other communities vulnerable.
She added that such attacks are cowardly attempts to spread fear and terror among the people. “It’s heart-rending to see how the holy month of Ramadhan was marked by the worst kind of atrocities in the Muslim world including bloodbath in Iraq, Turkey and Kabul and slaughtering of unsuspecting humans in Bangladesh,” she said.
Mehbooba said the latest attack on the Islam’s holiest city has now made it amply clear that there is a larger conspiracy behind these so-called groups who are spreading terror and shedding innocent blood in the name of Islam.
“Wherefrom they get so many resources to launch such daredevil attacks on Muslim countries and their citizens,” Chief Minister asked. She said that cutting across the political divide the Muslims throughout the world will have to join hands to stamp-out this dubious menace of terror from their soils and once again revive the real message of Islam centred around peace and humanitarianism.
Seeking people’s cooperation in stabilizing peace efforts in the State, the Mehbooba said before the deadly monster of violence raises its head again in the State, the people will have to rise and isolate the perpetrators. She said Kashmir has already gone through the worst kind of death and destruction for over two decades and it can’t afford to lose another generation to senseless violence.
“We are trying to meet the expectations of the people and I need time and your unflinching support in making peace a reality and development a right in Jammu and Kashmir,” Chief Minister said adding that her father Late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had envisioned to restore historicity of Srinagar city and was working tirelessly till his last days towards achieving this objective. “During his brief stint in Government between March 2015 and January 2016, Mufti Sahib extensively toured the Srinagar city around half a dozen times to personally monitor the progress of developmental initiatives in the Summer capital,” she said.
Mehbooba said the people should become active stakeholders in effective implementation of developmental programmes and also keep a close watch on the quality of works being executed in their respective areas. “Government can’t achieve much unless people become equal partners in effective implementation of developmental programmes,” she said and added that on the development front the areas of immediate concern for Srinagar city include flood protection, rapid transport, scientific waste management, urban amenities, housing and environment conservation.
For decongesting old city, Chief Minister said the Government will offer land as equity to develop new Housing Colonies and townships in PPP mode, especially for urban poor and those belonging to very low-income groups. “I feel the pain confronting people and understand hardship facing them on the housing front. We will overcome the acute shortage of affordable Housing Colonies in downtown city which is bursting at its seam,” she stated.
Mehbooba said the Government will not hesitate in spending money for creating modern infrastructure in cities and towns and provide best possible facilities to the citizens. “Processes, institutions and resources have been put in place to promote and achieve holistic development of the cities and towns,” she said and added that her Government is working towards putting in place a new and modern economic and financial structure that would constitute the State’s backbone.
“We are also working towards developing and implementing strategies that give the State’s young people a real chance to find decent and productive work,” the Chief Minister said. She said that the Government would ensure the State’s enterprising young men and women with a broad range of opportunities so that they can develop their potential.
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