The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Inc) has noted and is watching with grave concern the events related to trivial issues recently that crept in between the students and the management of NIT Srinagar which is being fanned out of proportion by the politically motivated vested interest with apparently a nefarious design to rouse the sentiments of local people and cause unrest. The Chamber would call attention of the authorities to the fact that such issues have been occurring among students of institutions like JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY (JNU), FILLING & TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE OF INDIA (FTII), HYDERABAD CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (HCU), ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY (AMU), MIIT CHENNAI but the national media both electronic and print do not present it in the same way as they have been highlighting a small issue between the students and the administration of the NIT Srinagar. It needs to be appreciated that the NIT Srinagar is situated in lap of the most revered shrine of Hazratbal where a large number of people of all faiths visit regularly and is thus vulnerable to get affected to the extent of immeasurable intensity, with wrong projection of the events taking place in the NIT. The J&K Police has therefore rightly and timely acted to de-escalate the tension that have been brewing in the NIT campus on conflicting issues. It need be noted that there are non locals/ non Kashmiris in large numbers earning their livelihood in Kashmir and not a single such incident has ever taken place in its history of nearly 60 years. During floods non kashmiris were rescued by the locals and moved to safer places to be well looked after which has been acknowledged by them through national media time and again.On its face it seems a non issue but an attempt by the vested interest to create trouble in an ill designed manner which could have for reaching consequences in other parts of the country. But the Kashmiris will not fall in to this trap. The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry is of the view that if at all it is a law & order problem that may be allowed to be investigated. It is unfair to paint black the people of Kashmir and project them in an ugly negative light. More so because the ratio of students at NIT Srinagar between locals and outsiders is 30:70% who have been all along living in most cordial atmosphere in the NIT, Srinagar.
In the given scenario the KCC&I would appeal the students of the NIT to continue with their education without falling prey to any intrigue and machination of the enemies of peace and vested political interests as it is in no ones interest to politicize the issue which could be resolved by the NIT management and the students community mutually.
