On Friday, Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti addressed the State’s issue at the India Ideas Conclave 2017. The event in Goa gave Mufti the opportunity to point out that the present action taken in Jammu and Kashmir will not solve the problem.
Mufti was quoted saying, “Some days back, I called these pellet victims and it was really heartbreaking when I saw some of them have lost both eyes. Now 14 year old, who were just 13 last year, what do they know? How does he know why I am pelting a stone? It’s in the rush of things (that they indulged in stone pelting). And I saw both their eyes are gone.”
She further added, “I wanted to give them some kind of rehabilitation. Though I tried to help them financially, but you can’t rehabilitate a 14 year old child, you can just try to give them some education. You can’t give him a job at this age.”
CM Mufti also stated the country’s duty was to ensure the residents of Jammy and Kashmir were alleviated from this devastating situation. She further pointed out the benefits of solving the State’s issues, “ Jammu Kashmir has the potential to become a gateway to Central Asia. Why can’t our country take advantage of that? Kashmir is our’s is what Parliament has already said, but we still have Aksai Chin which is with China. It is still there.”
At the Conclave, Mufti called out to the Government to do everything in its power to solve the pilling issues in Jammu and Kashmir.
