Mainstream as well as separatist parties on Thursday condemned the attack on a Kashmiri trader in Uttar Pradesh, a video of which went viral on social media.
“You humiliate and assault Kashmiris, make them feel like criminals and that they don’t belong to this country. Why are you surprised then when young, pliable men are taken under the wings of terror groups and indoctrinated?” asked former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti.
National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said the speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Rajasthan, denouncing violence against Kashmiris, “has seen no realisation on the ground.”