SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s former Chief Minister and opposition National Conference (NC) working president Omar Abdullah on Saturday gave a clean chit to Pakistan saying the country cannot be blamed for the ongoing unrest in Kashmir.
He said distorting the current unrest in the Valley as a simple manifestation of terrorism or external interference would be a grave mistake.
“We told the central government to act on the promises that it has made to people of Jammu and Kashmir. We told the centre to understand the betrayal it has been committing for so many years against the State,” Omar said while addressing the party delegates’ convention in North Kashmir’s Baramulla Dak Bunglow today.
Kashmir has been witnessing unrest after the killing of 21-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8. At least 94 people have been killed, over 13000 injured and more than 8000 arrested during the over four-month long unrest in the Valley.
Pakistan has glorified Burhan and described him as “martyr”. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif raised Burhan’s killing during his speech in UN in September and described him as a 'young leader', who was ‘murdered’ by Indian forces and who has emerged as a symbol of latest Kashmir Intifada, a popular and peaceful freedom movement.
Omar said don’t be under the false impression that the unrest in Kashmir has been ignited by Pakistan.
“Pakistan has no role in triggering the present uprising in the Valley. They might have taken advantage of the situation or added fuel to it but Pakistan is not responsible for present unrest,” he said adding, “We found that some people at the centre willingly or unwillingly wanted to keep themselves ignorant about the situation in Kashmir. It was easy for them to blame Pakistan. But we kept trying to make them understand that the unrest in Kashmir has not been created by Pakistan. It is the result of our mistakes”.
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