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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday termed the Pulwama civilian killings as a massacre and said there was no justification for this “excessive use of force”.
“7 dead. There is no explanation for this excessive use of force, none what so ever. This is a massacre & that’s the only way to describe it,” said Omar on Twitter.
Earlier, in a series of tweets, Omar targeted the governor Satya Pal Malik for failing for secure the lives of Kashmiri people.
“The administration of Governor Malik has only one task to focus on the security of the people of J&K and restore peace to a troubled valley. However, it appears that’s the only thing the administration is not doing,” he added.
Soz condemns Pulwama killing
Former Union Minister Prof. Saifuddin Soz has strongly condemned the PUlwama killing. In a statement to the press, he said: “I strongly condemn the use of extremely excessive force at Pulwama by the forces in which a dozen innocent civilians are reported to have been killed.
While having condemned heart-rending killings, I raise a question for the Modi Govt. as to what it wants to achieve through the massacres in Kashmir, one after the other.
The Central Govt. doesn’t see the writing on the wall that the number of killings through the use of excessive force generates enormous reaction by the armed militants and, therefore, the turmoil on ground.
In my opinion, the use of excessive force by the Army and Para-forces produces a wave of fresh recruitments into the armed militancy, all the time.
I am one of those who had been warning the Centre that its excessive use of force in Kashmir will never help it in any manner.
Modi Govt. should see a clear writing on the wall that the easiest way to settle Kashmir dispute is through the dialogue”.