Jammu, Oct 8- AICC Incharge J&K Affairs Smt. Rajni Patil, today arrived at Srinagar to offer condolences to the families of the martyrs on behalf of the Congress leadership and rank and file of the party.
Soon after her arrival Smt. Patil accompanied by JKPCC President Shri G.A. Mir, CWC Member Tariq Hamid Karra, General Secretary PCC S.S. Channi and others visited the residence of Shri Makhan Lal Bindroo, who was martyred on Tuesday. She expressed grave shock and offered condolences to the family on behalf of the Congress leadership and the entire rank and file of the party. She will also offer condolences to other victims of Yesterday’s selective killings.
Meanwhile, Senior J K Congress Leaders today attended the last rites of Deepak Chand in Jammu and paid rich tributes to the martyr who was killed by the terrorists in a school in Srinagar yesterday while on duty as a teacher.
The senior Congress leaders including PCC Vice Presidents & Former Ministers Shri Mula Ram, Raman Bhalla, Chief Spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, General secretary Manmohan Singh, President DCC Jammu Rural Hari Singh Chib, PYC president Udey Chib, JKPCC OBC chairman Adv Suresh Dogra, Corporator Rajinder Jamwal, Parshotam Mehra and others attended the cremation at Shakti Nagar today and paid rich tributes to the martyr.
They consoled the family members and relatives and conveyed deep sympathies to them on behalf of the rank and file of the party.
They strongly condemned the dastardly killing and termed it the most inhuman and barbaric act of terrorists.
The Senior Congress leaders described the series of selective killings at will by the terrorists as a dangerous situation and total failure of the centre Govt. and UT administration to contain militancy and ensure the protection of the minorities and employees in Kashmir valley.
They demanded that the government should ensure the safety of minority community members including employees posted in different areas of the valley They demanded that government should create a mechanism to ensure the safety of the outside officials and employees of the minority communities, posted in vulnerable areas, who are fear struck due to failure of the government to check series of selective killings in the valley for past quite some time and stepped up killings.
The Leaders also demanded adequate ex gratia relief of at least one crore to each martyr of selective killing, although no amount can compensate the loss of the shattered families.
Meanwhile AICC Incharge J and K affairs Smt Rajni Patil MP today arrived in Srinagar on the directions of Congress high command to offer condolences and express solidarity with the families of the martyrs in the recent selective killings. She is also likely to visit Jammu, tomorrow Afternoon to visit the family of martyr Deepak Chand.