‘Hate mongers have no space in the civilized society’
Former Chief Minister and opposition National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Monday said Jammu and Kashmir was at the crossroads of its history in the wake of communal frenzy being encouraged by the divisive forces.
“Great religion of Islam vehemently disapproves of hurting the religious sentiments of others”, Farooq said while addressing party functionaries at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan, here this morning.Apprehending that provocative acts could jeopradise peace across the country and in the state, he blamed the present PDP-BJP dispensation for promoting wedge between various regions and religions, as it has terribly lost credibility due to failure on all fronts.
In this context, he referred to alleged manipulations being made to usurp Waqf and taking such measures which had potential of jeopardizing peace and tranquility.
Cautioning people against their machinations and tentacles to put the State on boil, Farooq said they won’t be allowed to exploit sentiments of various segments of society for remaining glued to power.
“Hate mongers have no space in the civilized society”, he declared.
The NC president expressed anguish over divisive forces getting space in the political landscape of the country and said the attempts of weakening the unity and amity would only help enemies, who want to disintegrate the nation.
He lamented over attempts of creating wedge between various segments of society as part of vote politics and said this will prove detrimental to the overall interests of the country.
Referring to recent incidents across the State, Farooq called for restraint saying caution needs to be observed while commenting over happenings as these could precipitate the fire rather than dousing it.
He invoked the time tested unity demonstrated by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs during horrendous days of 1947, by challenging elements inimical to glorious ethos of the State by fake guns, and said there was never ever such a crucial need of emulating that great spirit as now.
“The sad happenings taking place across the State are furthering the agenda of those watching and encouraging every move aimed at weakening the State and the country”, he said, adding NC will not hesitate in offering any sacrifice in preserving the amity and tranquility.
Lauding the people of Jammu for showing way by opening their arms to the people in distress from time to time, Farooq recalled how people gave shelter to those who left the Valley in early 90s as also by discouraging communal elements who wanted to vitiate the atmosphere in 1989.
The NC President condemned the ink-attack on Sudhendhu Kulkarni and said such attempts are against the spirit of freedom of speech for which India is known world over.
Emphasizing the need for friendly relations between India and Pakistan, he called for isolating the fringe anti-peace elements who had developed vested interest in hostilities between the two countries.
He said peace had to be given a chance and those working towards this end need not be discouraged.
