Home Minister asked people for ‘constructive suggestions’ to restore normalcy; warned Pakistan not to interfere
Srinagar: Appealing to people in Kashmir to help restore normalcy, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday said the Centre wants an emotional relationship with the state and not just need-based, even as he warned Pakistan not to interfere in India’s internal affairs.
BSF and J&K police search vehicles after a constable stabbed a jawan and fled with weapons, at Beli Azmat post in Jammu yesterday. Pic/PTI
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Winding up his two-day visit to Kashmir in the backdrop of widespread disturbances that has claimed 46 lives so far, Singh said security forces have been directed to refrain from using pellet guns against crowds as much as possible even as he awaits a report of a committee set up by him to look into the use of non-lethal weapons.
Rajnath Singh was on a 2-day visit to Kashmir. Pic/PTI
Attacking Pakistan on its role in Kashmir, he said, “its role has not been ‘paak’ (pure) on Kashmir and Pakistan should change its attitude and approach towards Kashmir. Asking people to give their “constructive suggestions” to bring peace in the state, he said, “There is no need of any third force to improve the situation in Kashmir.”
Singh hit out at Pakistan, which he said is itself affected by terrorism and to end it on one hand it is killing terrorists after entering the Lal Masjid, while on the other it is asking our youth in Kashmir to take to arms. Appealing to youth to not to resort to stone pelting, Singh said he has asked the security forces to refrain from using pellet guns as much as possible even as he regretted the loss of lives.
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