Srinagar, June 25 (KNS): People's Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday appealed to Islamic leaders and scholars of Kashmir to announce through their sermons that Kashmiri Pandits are our own people, so that attacks on them won’t take place.
Addressing a press conference at Srinagar, Mehbooba said that no attack on Kashmiri Pandits was carried during her tenure as Chief Minister and still they were paid seventeen months salary without going attending their duties.
She said that Islamic scholars and leaders in Kashmir should announce through their sermons that Kashmiri Pandits are our own people, so that attacks on them won’t take place.
She also appealed to the parents to stop their children and youth from picking up guns, so that precious lives are saved.
She added that jobs of the people of J&K are put on sale and land is prioritised and given to security forces first.
She said that all small and big contracts are given to outsiders including the construction of two AIIMS institutes in J&K.
Replying to a query about Amarnath Yatra, Mehbooba said that an atmosphere has been created as if an attacker is coming to attack.
“Kashmir is known for its hospitality and we have been hosting Amarnath pilgrims for many years. They are our guests and they will always be welcome here,” :he said.
She also said that the government is sacking employees in the name of corruption, but the biggest corrupt are these people who are buying MLAs in Maharashtra and Assam.
"We have also sacked corrupt employees in our tenure, but let the court first decide if allegations against them are true,” she added. (KNS)