Srinagar, Jul 11 (KNS): The Concerned Citizens Group Tuesday condemned the attack on the Amarnath Yatris in Anantnag that took place in the evening hours on Monday.
The members of the group including Yashwant Sinha, Wajahat Habibullah, Kapil Kak, Manish Tewari, Badri Raina, Sushobha Barve, Aroona Roy, Bharat Bhushan and others expressed its deepest condolences to the bereaved families.
“The terrorists who have indulged in this dastardly act have completely misread the mood of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of India,” they said.
“We are not going to be cowed down by such acts of cowardice which only strengthens our resolve to find resolution of issues, however complicated, through peaceful means and through the democratic process of dialogue.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelViolence can never be justified as a method of resolving such issues,” the group said.
The group further said that “we once again call upon those who believe in violence as a tool either in Jammu and Kashmir or across it to abandon this perilous path, abjure violence and militancy and stop taking innocent lives. We also call upon the governments of Jammu and Kashmir and India to take whatever steps necessary to ensure that there is no recurrence of such incidents in future.” (KNS)