Member of Legislative (MLA) Kulgam, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami Monday said that the terrorism has no religion and Muslims in Kashmir have borne the brunt of terrorism for a long time. He also criticized the government for bulldozing the houses of people, whose family members have joined the terrorists.
In his speech during the special Assembly session today, the Kulgam legislator said that they had not even thought to meet again in the House so soon to mourn the loss of innocent lives in Pahalgam.
Terming the killings unfortunate and brutal, the CPI (M) leader said that the terrorists have thrust an agenda of dividing the people with an attack. “Hundreds of people have been killed so far, many massacres have taken place. Let me ask which sect and religion they belonged to. Muslims in large number have been killed. Former speaker Wali Muhammad Yatoo, many political leaders have been killed so far, even my father-in-law was killed. This is the issue of every single home,” he said.
He added that the terrorism has no religion, saying that many Muslim clerics including Mirwaiz Farooq, Qazi Nisar and others have been killed as well. “The sole aim and religion of the terrorists is to spread terror. They have nothing to do with any religion,” Tarigami said.
Tarigami also criticized some media houses for giving it a colour of Hindu-Muslim.
“We need to introspect from top to bottom to see the gap somewhere which led to the Pahalgam incident,” he said.
Furthermore, the Kulgam legislator said that the real victims are people of Jammu and Kashmir, they should not be alienated. He added that the people need to be taken on board to fight against the terrorism and eliminate it.
He also said that though the session has been called, those who have the security apparatus in their hands should have been also called so that they could have been questioned over the incident.
Tarigami said that the security and safety of students from J&K presently studying outside stands the responsibility of every single individual. However, he said that “if we fail to do so, then the terrorists will succeed in their mission.”
Meanwhile, Tarigami reacting to the demolition of the houses in Kashmir, said that the people who have been claiming in the parliament and other places that the ecosystem of terrorism has completely collapsed now, then how has it revived. “The answer needs to be given in this regard.”
He said that the right to shelter is everyone’s right and if a son is guilty or a father is guilty, the family cannot be blamed for his wrong doings. “Several houses have been bulldozed; their neighbours have also faced damage. What is the fault of their neighbours? The government has been there for a long, but it has now started bulldozing the houses of militants. We need to ensure the rule of law is implemented to fight against terrorism jointly,” he said—(KNO)
