Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 25: Welcoming the Delhi Court’s order, awarding life imprisonment to JKLF chairman, Yasin Malik in a terror funding case Jammu and Kashmir BJP president, Ravinder Raina today said he was punished for his sins and crimes he committed.
The separatist leader “deserved it for the sins committed against the people and the country”, he said in a statement issued here today.
Raina also lashed out at PDP chief, Mehbooba Mufti for speaking against the verdict and said “militants are no friends with anyone as is evident that thousands of Muslims, along with members of minority communities like Pandits and Sikhs, were killed by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists.” “He (Malik) himself pleaded guilty before the NIA court which has now awarded him the life sentence. We welcome the decision of our judiciary which has always acted in an impartial manner,” the BJP leader said.
Raina said there is hardly any family in Kashmir which had not been affected by terrorism. “He (Malik) was a sympathiser of Pakistan and its sponsored terrorism. He had committed sins against the people and the country,” he said.
He criticised mainstream leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, including former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and said “they are sympathizing with Malik, ignoring the fact that the terrorists were involved in killings of a large number of innocent Muslims, besides minority community members.” Raina said the police will take care of those who have come on the roads in Srinagar to protest the court verdict against Malik.
Meanwhile BJP leader and former MLC, Vikram Randhawa , KPC president Kundan Kashmiri, JKUF convener Satish Kissu have also welcomed the decision saying that the Malik was responsible for the Kashmir turmoil and killing of thousands of innocent people in 32 year long bloodshed.
Had the JKLF led by him not started gun culture in 1989 the Kashmir would have not been turned into hell which it is at present, they added.