[Reader-list] Take control of Kashmir, Hindu group tells central government

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

*Take control of Kashmir, Hindu group tells central government*

Link - http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/2/174958.htm

*Jammu, Sep 11 (IANS)* Panun Kashmir, an organisation of Kashmiri Hindus,
Saturday asked the central government to act now to save Kashmir from
becoming a hub of radical Islamists.

Pointing towards massive protests that erupted after the Eid-ul-Fitr prayers
in Srinagar Saturday as separatists led a procession to Lal Chowk, the city
centre, while a mob torched a police barrack outside the Hazratbal shrine,
Panun Kashmir said any delay in taking action against radical elements would
prove costly.

Panun Kashmir chairman Ajay Charngoo said at a news conference in Jammu that
it appeared that “Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, by
suggesting anti-national measures like diluting the Armed Forces Special
Powers Act and jobs for stone throwers and honourable rehabilitation of
militants, was pursuing a hidden agenda of the separatists.”

“There was hardly any difference between Omar Abdullah’s plans and
(separatist) Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s agenda of seeking secession of Kashmir
from India,” Charngoo said.

Violence and anti-India protests in the valley have evoked serious concerns
among minorities in the state. Sikh leaders have already apprised the
central government of their sense of insecurity, he said.

Sharing these concerns, Charngoo said the central government “should not
allow itself to be blackmailed by Islamic fundamentalist forces that have
taken control of Kashmir”.
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Aditya Raj Kaul

India Editor
The Indian, Australia

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