PDP Criticizes BJP-Controlled Administration Over Selective Killings in Kashmir

31-05-2023 : The PDP protested against terrorists’ selective killings in Kashmir on Wednesday, claiming that such occurrences show how the government has allegedly failed to protect members of the minority population. Two days after terrorists shot and killed Deepu Kumar, a 27-year-old circus worker from Udhampur district who lived in the Janglat Mandi region of Anantnag district, PDP members demonstrated outside the party’s offices in Gandhi Nagar. Kumar was a resident of Udhampur district. The PDP leaders condemned Kumar’s murder and demanded Rs 25 lakh in compensation for his family’s hardships as well as a government position. Sukhvinder Singh, the PDP’s assistant general secretary, stated that “selective killings at regular intervals show the failure of the authorities to ensure safety of the helpless people working to earn their livelihood in Kashmir.”

He said the ”BJP-controlled administration” has failed on all fronts and the latest incident exposed its tall claims of normalcy in the valley. ”This is not an isolated case, selective killings of innocent people are going unabated in Kashmir and those at the helm of the affairs are claiming that situation is normal,” the PDP leader said, adding targeted killing just after the conclusion of much-touted G-20 meet is an eye opener for the administration. ”Instead of taking effective steps to ensure the safety of common citizens of Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP-controlled administration is shamelessly busy in photo sessions just to befool the people outside J-K,” another party leader Rajinder Manhas said. Demanding adequate compensation to the family of Kumar, PDP spokesperson Varinder Singh Sonu regretted that higher-ups of the administration have no time to visit the poor family of the deceased who was cremated in his hometown on Tuesday.