Attack on Kashmiri’s: PM Modi calls attackers as `crazed people’
KANPUR (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday asked state governments to take strict action if there is any attack on Kashmiris, calling those who targeted them recently in Lucknow “crazed people.”
“It is very important to maintain an atmosphere of unity in the country,” Modi told a gathering here, while referring to the recent assault on some kashmiri vendors in Lucknow.
He said the UP government immediately acted against some “crazed people” who had targeted our “our Kashmiri brothers”.
“I would also like to request other state governments to take strict action, wherever such acts take place,” he said.
“The attack on our Kashmiri brothers has been carried out by some ‘mindless’ people. It is very important to maintain peace and unity in the country. I urge the state governments to take strict action whenever such people try to do something like this,” Modi said during a speech today.
This is the second time the Prime Minister has condemned and denounced attacks on Kashmiri people that have been reported from different parts of the country after the Pulwama terror attack.
On February 23, during a rally at Rajasthan’s Tonk, PM Modi had lamented the recent attacks on the students of Kashmir and said that such things should not happen in India. He added the Kashmiri youth is also disturbed by terrorism and asserted that they are with people of the country. He said people in Kashmir have been suffering from terrorism for the last 40 years and they want peace too.
“Our fight is against terrorism and enemies of humanity. Our fight is for Kashmir not against Kashmir, not against Kashmiris. What happened to Kashmiri students in last few days, such things should not happen in this country. Kashmiri youth is also disturbed by terrorism,” PTI quoted Modi as saying last month.
“Peace in the world is not possible if terror factory continues to go on like this. Today, there is a consensus against terrorism. We are moving ahead with strength at every front,” PM Modi said while addressing the Vijay Sankalp rally.
In the meantime, several reports claimed on Thursday that one of the accused, who was arrested by the Lucknow police, for thrashing the Kashmiri vendors, was found to have a criminal background with at least 12 cases against him, including a murder charge.
The prime minister was addressing a gathering after flagging off the commercial run on Lucknow Metro’s North-South corridor, through video conferencing from Kanpur.
Modi also laid the foundation stone for the Agra Metro Rail project at the same event.
Press Trust of India
