BJP today condemned the use of police force in Jammu and Kashmir against the students of NIT Srinagar. Party Secretary Shrikant Sharma termed the action as unfortunate and demanded action against the guilty policemen. He also demanded a secure environment for the students in the campus.
Mr. Sharma rejected Congress and Aam Aadmi Party criticism over the issue saying those who insult mother India and goddess Durga have no moral right to speak about it. Reportedly, local and outstation students had clashed inside the campus during India- West Indies match in the World T20 Cup last week.
Tension at NIT Srinagar ‘not a security issue’, says Kashmir minister
Kashmir’s Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar today said the ongoing tension in NIT Srinagar “is an administrative issue and not the security issue.” He said the State Government is taking all the requisite measures to restore normal academic activity at the campus.
“I assure the parents of the students of NIT Srinagar that their wards are safe and the State Government is taking all the measures to normalize the situation at the campus,” Mr Akhtar told media-persons here today.
He said it is not a local versus non-local issue as is being projected by some sections of the media but just an administrative issue which is being sorted out.
He said on the request of the Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Kumar Singh, Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smriti Irani sent a team of HRD Ministry to the campus today to take stock of the situation.
Akhtar said a senior police officer is monitoring the situation and normalcy would be restored on the campus soon.
“I assure the students and their parents that a cordial atmosphere will return to the NIT campus soon and the classes would resume at the earliest,” he said.