Mehbooba Mufti, President Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Member Parliament on Tuesday criticized the state government for the latest causality in Sopore saying that it seems Kashmir is being turned into a ‘breeding ground for the violence’.According to the KNS correspondent, Mehbooba while addressing reporters at her official residence in Gupkar said that there is a general concern about the violence taking place in Iraq, Afghanistan and its impact in Jammu and Kashmir. “Incident in Tral, or the latest incident in Sopore manyfamilies have come forward to put it on record that their educated wards were forced to pick up the gun. It was because of police torture, harassmentthat they say that their children pick up the gun. Such a situation is being created that it seems that we are pushing Kashmiris towards the path of violence.
Inquiries have been ordered in many previous incidents but no action has been taken. Everybody among us should be concerned that it is happening because of the policies of the present dispensation for the last few years. Kashmiris have suffered a lot. I don’t think that such innocent killings are not taking place and inquiries and probes are being ordered.“The security forces should have shown restraint. It’s unfortunate that this government ordered several inquiries into such incidents, but till date no action was taken,” said Mehbooba. Problems of basic amenities are faced by people, water electricity, and ration. The government should ensure availability for ration, water, and electricity at least during the month of Ramadan. “You see protests taking place for want of electricity in Jammu and in many parts of the Valley. At least government should ensure availability of power supply and drinking water,” she said.