Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 5: Selective killing of civilians in Kashmir province by terrorists was the result of frustration among them as the region was seeing fast development and peace since the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi led Government has assumed charged at the Centre.
This was stated by senior BJP leader and former Minister, Bali Bhagat while condemning a selective killing of non-local labourer in Budgam area of Kashmir province in yesterday’s terrorist attack.
Pertinent to mention that a CRPF personnel was martyred and another injured in a terrorist attack at Maisuma in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk on Monday. Both the injured personnel were taken to the hospital where one of them succumbed to his injuries. In another incident, two non-local labourers were shot at and injured by militants in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Besides, terrorist has also fired upon a Kashmir Pandit in Chotigam, Shopian of South Kashmir.
Raising serious concern over selective killings in Kashmir, the former Minister said those responsible for killings would be punished and not allowed to go scot-free. “Terrorists are attacking soft targets and unarmed minorities to create fear and terror in Kashmir. The violence is the result of the pressure they are feeling,” he said, adding that they never want to settle minorities in Srinagar again.
The former Minister also expressed grief over the martyrdom of soldier in a terrorist attack at Maisuma in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk yesterday. He said that the nation would never forget the supreme sacrifice of the soldiers who laid their life for the well being of the countrymen. He expressed hope that sooner than later, all the terror mongers will be shown the doors of the next world at the earliest.
Bali Bhagat hoped that J&K Government must ensure that no such killings should repeat in near future. He urged the Government to take a more rigid stance in the whole gamut and teach Pakistan and its stooges a lesson of life so that no one from that side could dare to enter the country’s borders.
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