People in state feeling vulnerable: Farooq

Tribune News Service

Srinagar, July 22

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said the people of the state were feeling “vulnerable” in absence of an elected government.

The Srinagar MP said the need of the hour was to give a combined response to the challenges the state was facing, particularly regarding its identity.

“Kashmiris are feeling alienated in their own land in wake of the absence of any popular government in the state,” he said while addressing workers at party headquarters here.

He said the Muslims living across the world were subject “to the nefarious machinations of those who have vested interests in a divided Muslim world”.

“The people of the state are feeling vulnerable due to the absence of a democratically elected representative government. It is high time for the Government of India to give the people of the state an opportunity to elect a government which can further the cause of development in the state,” he said. Farooq said the iron-fist policy of the administration had added to the insecurities of Muslims.