Srinagar: Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chief, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that there is a need to differentiate between militants & non-militants and the Kashmiri Pandit employees should be shifted to Jammu region till the situation improves in Kashmir valley.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, Mr. Azad said that every individual should not be looked through the prism of militancy.
“There is a dire need to make difference between militants and non-militants as everyone should not be looked as a suspect,” he said.
He added Kashmiri Pandit employees, in wake of the targeted killings don’t want to stay here and they should be shifted to Jammu till the situation improves.
The protest by the employees started on May 12 when Rahul Bhat — who was working as a clerk under the special employment package for displaced Kashmiri Pandits — was killed by militants inside the Tehsil office at Chadoora town in central Kashmir’s Budgam district of central Kashmir on May 12 this year. since then, they have been protesting and demanding justice relocation outside Kashmir.
(KNO)
