Protests escalated in Kashmir in opposition to the Thursday’s killing of a authorities worker belonging to the migrant Kashmiri Pandit neighborhood by militants.

Scores of Kashmiri Pandit staff, appointed underneath the Prime Minister’s employment package deal, assembled at Press Colony in Srinagar and staged a protest searching for their security and relocation exterior the Valley.

Holding placards, they raised slogans in opposition to the J&Ok administration and the BJP. They have been searching for an viewers with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.

“This protest is being held by minority employees across Kashmir against the increasing graph of gruesome killings. If the situation is fine, then why is there a target killing of a particular section? Something surely is amiss,” mentioned an worker on the protest.

Another protester mentioned that the state of affairs has worsened prior to now 18 months. “In the 90s, we were told to flee otherwise we would be killed. Now we are first killed so that we are forced to run away from here. I have been here for the past five years and I think the condition has become worse. The administration is not ready to listen to us,” he said.

The protesters were part of the 4,000 Kashmiri Pandits, who have been living in transit camps in various parts of the Valley after they were given government jobs under the special package.

“We want our posting at safe and secure places,” mentioned a protester. “All transit camps have become like detention centres. Nobody is allowed to come out,” he added.

Mild clash in Baramulla

Kashmiri Pandits and police clashed mildly after the former attempted to move out of their colony at Veerwan in Baramulla district on Saturday. They wanted to join the protests with their fellow community members in Srinagar.

“The situation is normal now. The pandits wanted to move out of the colony for a protest, which we did not allow,” a police official said.

Meanwhile in Srinagar’s Raj Bagh area, dozens of BJP leaders led by party spokesperson Altaf Thakur protested against the killings in Kashmir. “This protest is against Pakistan and the terrorists who don’t want the pandits to return as some had slowly started to come back to Valley. They are also frustrated by the huge tourist inflow in Kashmir,” Altaf said.

Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina also said that he, along with other senior BJP leaders, will meet J&K LG on Sunday to discuss and press for the security related issues of Kashmiri Pandits and other minorities in the Valley.

J&K Congress, meanwhile, held a demonstration in Jammu against the targeted killings in Kashmir and criticized the BJP government for its failure to check such incidents.

Shiv Sena’s Jammu and Kashmir unit also warned the government against making Kashmiri Pandits “scapegoats” by deploying their youth in Kashmir, the place terrorism was but to die down fully and focused killings continued unabated.

PAGD leaders to satisfy LG

Leaders of Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), together with National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, held a gathering at former’s residence after a delegation of Kashmiri Pandit staff met them. PAGD leaders can be assembly LG Manoj Sinha to hunt correct safety for the migrant pandit staff.

“The migrant staff are very a lot in panic after the killing of Bhat. They need the PAGD management to take this problem with the LG Manoj Sinha. The PAGD has now sought an appointment with him,” its spokesperson MY Tarigami mentioned.

Kashmiris could have their variations when it comes to politics and events, however within the present state of affairs, each Kashmiri will try for the brotherhood which has been the great thing about its historical past and tradition, he added.