Modiji, send eye doctors to Kashmir, it's time for 'healing touch': Omar Abdullah's tweet to PM

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday urged PM Narendra Modi to come to the rescue of people suffering in Kashmir due to violent protests there.

Kashmir: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday urged the Prime Minister to send a team of doctors to Kashmir where hundreds of young people risk losing their eyesight because of injuries from pellets fired by security forces to control violent protesters.

Omar, who has been regularly tweeting about the current unrest in the Valley and taking on Opposition leaders including current CM Mehbooba Mufti, urged PM Narendra Modi to come to the rescue of people suffering in Kashmir.

Through a series of tweets, the National Conference leader urged the PM to send eye and trauma specialists to the Kashmir Valleym and cited the initiative taken by Modi during the Kollam temple fire incident in Kerala during which he had sent a plane carrying burn specialists to treat the victims.

Hon @narendramodi ji. After Kerala fire you carried a plane load of burn specialists with you. Please send eye/trauma specialists to Kashmir — Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) July 13, 2016

The injured include SF persons & young boys who risk losing their sight forever. This is the time to reach out with a healing touch.

— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) July 13, 2016

Omar asserted that it was time he did the same for the people of Kashmir.

As per a report, about 92 people have undergone eye surgeries because of an excessive use of pellet guns by the security forces to control the protesters. This number is increasing rapidly and there are chances that many of these youths may lose their eyesight.