Kashmir: Shutting major mosques, shrines on Eid will have huge backlash, says Omar Abdullah

Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said that the government’s decision to “close all major mosques and shrines in Kashmir on Eid” has “never happened in our history” and “will have a huge backlash”.

“People are saying that it is the rule of Jan Sangh and that’s why the doors of every major mosque and shrine have been locked by this government. People who had gone to offer prayers at Sayid sahib (shrine) in my neighbourhood were shocked to see it locked. People are very angry,” Abdullah told The Indian Express over phone from Srinagar. “We didn’t have such a situation ever in our history. They have closed all the major mosques and shrines and have disallowed people to offer Eid prayers there. They have disallowed prayers at Eidgah, Hazratbal, Maqhdoom sahib, Jamia masjid, even the Sayid sahib shrine in my neighbourhood. It is going to have a huge backlash.”

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No role for third power, we want to have emotional bond with Kashmir: Rajnath Singh

RULING out any role for a “third power” and asking Pakistan to stay away from Kashmir, Union Home Minister rajnath Singh on Sunday set the restoration of “peace and normalcy” as the main condition to initiate talks with those “we have to talk with” in the Valley.
“There is no role for any third power to improve the situation in Jammu and Kashmir,” Singh said at the end of his two-day visit to the Valley.
“We want to tell our neighbouring country (Pakistan) that you are yourself a victim of terrorism. You enter the Lal Masjid to eradicate terrorism. And on the other hand, you ask the youth of Kashmir to pick up guns. This should end,” he said.
Later, making her first appearance before the media after violence erupted across the Valley following the killing of militant Burhan Wani on July 8, Chief Minister and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti accused Pakistan of instigating youth in Kashmir.
Slamming Pakistan for its “duplicity”, Mufti said, “We have sympathy for Pakistan. But when their own children, from madrassas, take up guns, they use drones against them, hang them… they instigated our youth, saying that if you pick up guns, you will become leaders, you will become martyrs.”
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Wani was Pakistan-sponsored terrorist, says Rajnath Singh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a strong pitch for multi-party support for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill that the government wants to pass in the monsoon session of Parliament, scheduled to begin today. The Opposition, on its part, said the passage of the GST was affected by “a lack of trust between the States and the Centre.”

Addressing an all-party meeting called by the government on Sunday, Mr. Modi said, “GST is of national importance; the issue here is not which government gets credit for its passage. All of us represent both the people and parties and let’s keep national interests above everything else.”

He also thanked all political parties for the stand taken by them on the recent incidents in Jammu and Kashmir.The next meeting between the government and the Congress is expected to take place on Tuesday.

The BJP Parliamentary Party’s executive will meet today to firm up its strategy for the monsoon session of Parliament, with the Opposition set to attack the government over a number of issues, including the developments in Arunachal Pradesh. The NDA constituents will also meet after the BJP Parliamentary Party executive meeting in the evening.
Source:-thehindu
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