J&K: Cong, Shiv Sena hold protests over Pak ceasefire violation

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Thursday strongly condemned the continued ceasefire violations and unprovoked Pakistani shelling on Indian positions and civilian areas in the state in which a woman was killed.

Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said “it is tragic that Pakistan is repeatedly violating ceasefire and it was unfortunate that the firing in Nowshera sector on the intervening night between Wednesday and Thursday resulted in the death of a woman.”

Sharma along with several other senior leaders of the party visited Pukharni village and attended the funeral of the woman. He lashed out at Pakistan for repeated ceasefire violations and expressed deep anguish at the killing of innocent persons besides causing great loss to property.

"The people have to shift and migrate from their residences and abandon their fields and cattle due to regular feature of ceasefire violation," he said. He demanded all necessary measures for the safety of the people and provisions for timely medical facilities.

He termed the Centre and state government as total failure on all fronts and blamed them for the present situation of the state. He also demanded the government to immediately fulfil the promise of allotting plots to the identified population of border and LoC in order to accommodate them in safer zones so that innocent lives are not lost in firing.

Shiv Sena and Dogra Front also held protests against the government amid anti-Pakistan sloganeering against ceasefire violations and killing of a Kashmiri army officer. They burnt Pakistani flags and condemned the killing of Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz, the young army officer from Kulgam.