New Delhi, Mar 24: President of National Conference and Lok Sabha MP Omar Abdullah today said the brutal massacre of 24 Kashmiri Pundits in Kashmir should be an "eye-opener" for the Mufti Sayeed government in the state to shelve its "ill-conceived" plan of bringing the minority community back to the Valley. Omar told reporters after meeting defence minister George Fernandes that "while healing touch policy of the state government is welcome, one has to ensure that it did not leave more deep and painful wounds on the people of Jammu and Kashmir."
Omar, who is scheduled to visit the massacre site tomorrow, said the massacre was an "eye-opener" for the state government which was planning to bring in Kashmiri pundits back to the Valley. "The state government plans to rehabilitate them in Mattan and Khirbhawani places thus leaving them an easy prey for the militants," Omar said and regretted that the chief minister had "neglected" the security concerns of the minority community that remained on top of the agenda of the previous Farooq Abdullah government.
"Our government could have also brought them back. But we have to see whether we are in a position to provide them with cent per cent security or not," Omar added.
About his meeting with Fernandes, he said that he had raised the issue of security for the minority community with the defence minister. Condemning the incident, he said "those doing such barbaric act do not belong to any religion."
Bureau Report