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08-10-2016, 04:45 AM
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday broke the silence over Indian held Kashmir issue and called for an end to violence promising jobs for young people in his first comments since deadly clashes began over a month ago.
Much of Indian-held Kashmir has been under curfew since protests broke out over the death on July 8 of a popular young freedom fighter at the hands of occupation forces.
More than 60 civilians have been killed in clashes between protesters and occupation forces and thousands more injured in the worst violence to hit the restive Himalayan region since 2010. "We want to create jobs and employment for the youth of Kashmir. The entire country is with you," said Modi.
The prime minister has faced criticism for failing to speak out about the unrest, which has abated but shows ** signs of ending. Two police ******rs have also been killed. "Peace, unity and harmony in Kashmir is everyone’s priority," Modi said in a speech broadcast on national television, blaming "a few misguided people" for the violence. "It pains me sometimes that some young men, who should have a laptop, a volleyball, cricket bat... have been given stones in their hands.
"This may benefit some people’s political agendas but what about the in**cent youth?" Modi added. Many of the young men who came out onto the streets in the wake of the young freedom fighter’s death threw stones at security forces, an increasingly common form of protest in the area.
Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is part of an uneasy coalition government in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Muslim-majority disputed valley. The Kashmir Valley, where the recent violence has occurred, is the epicentre of a separatist insurgency, with several freedom fighter groups fighting Indian occupational forces. They seek either independence or merger of the territory with Pakistan.
Separatist leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq said Modi´s comments downplayed the strength of feeling in the region. "It is **t a movement of a few people who are throwing stones, educated youth are picking up guns for their basic political rights. In Kashmir, it is a mass movement for our right to self-determination," Mirwaiz Omar Farooq said.
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Much of Indian-held Kashmir has been under curfew since protests broke out over the death on July 8 of a popular young freedom fighter at the hands of occupation forces.
More than 60 civilians have been killed in clashes between protesters and occupation forces and thousands more injured in the worst violence to hit the restive Himalayan region since 2010. "We want to create jobs and employment for the youth of Kashmir. The entire country is with you," said Modi.
The prime minister has faced criticism for failing to speak out about the unrest, which has abated but shows ** signs of ending. Two police ******rs have also been killed. "Peace, unity and harmony in Kashmir is everyone’s priority," Modi said in a speech broadcast on national television, blaming "a few misguided people" for the violence. "It pains me sometimes that some young men, who should have a laptop, a volleyball, cricket bat... have been given stones in their hands.
"This may benefit some people’s political agendas but what about the in**cent youth?" Modi added. Many of the young men who came out onto the streets in the wake of the young freedom fighter’s death threw stones at security forces, an increasingly common form of protest in the area.
Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is part of an uneasy coalition government in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Muslim-majority disputed valley. The Kashmir Valley, where the recent violence has occurred, is the epicentre of a separatist insurgency, with several freedom fighter groups fighting Indian occupational forces. They seek either independence or merger of the territory with Pakistan.
Separatist leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq said Modi´s comments downplayed the strength of feeling in the region. "It is **t a movement of a few people who are throwing stones, educated youth are picking up guns for their basic political rights. In Kashmir, it is a mass movement for our right to self-determination," Mirwaiz Omar Farooq said.
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