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People’s Conference Chief Sajad Lone connected Saturday (December 27, 2025) said "harassment" of Kashmiris successful immoderate parts of the state should beryllium treated arsenic a substance of nationalist information and urged the Lieutenant Governor and Chief Minister to intervene successful the matter.
“This behaviour against Kashmiris successful the remainder of the state should not beryllium taken lightly. This is simply a substance of nationalist security," Mr. Lone, the MLA from Handwara, said astatine a property league here.
His remarks came successful the aftermath of the alleged battle connected a Kashmir shawl seller successful Uttarakhand.
Mr. Lone said the Kashmir natives who task extracurricular the Union Territory for livelihood are the ambassadors of nationalist integration, and judge their economical information rests with India.
"Then they instrumentality present arsenic the ambassadors of India. Today, you are ending these relations of envoyship. What volition they accidental contiguous erstwhile they travel backmost aft facing assaults," helium questioned.
"If the apical enactment of the state thinks it is simply a tiny issue, it is simply a substance of large concern... If our children are successful jailhouse nether the UAPA for liking a station connected Facebook, what stops the Centre from putting these rouges and thugs down bars nether UAPA oregon PSA?" helium said.
Plea to leaders
Mr. Lone appealed to the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister to dainty the contented arsenic a substance of nationalist security.
"I entreaty to our Defence Minister that each these brave radical (those accused successful battle of Kashmiris) should beryllium deputed astatine our borders with China and Pakistan. If they are truthful brave, fto them combat there. They are showing their bravery to a shawl seller who is simply earning his livelihood," helium jibed.
The Handwara MLA besides appealed to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to instrumentality up the substance with the respective authorities authorities and petition them to complaint the accused nether the Public Safety Act (PSA).
"The L-G is liable for instrumentality and order, and this tin person an interaction connected it. It is clip helium picks up a telephone and talks to the Chief Ministers (of respective states). Chief Minister Omar Abdullah should bash the same. Please telephone the authorities administrations and accidental that specified excesses should not instrumentality spot against the radical of Kashmir," helium said.
To a question astir separatist person Mirwaiz Umar Farooq dropping his designation arsenic president of Hurriyat Conference from his societal media bio, Mr. Lone described it arsenic "nonsense", and said communal Kashmiris were facing jailhouse conscionable for liking oregon commenting connected a station connected Facebook.
To a question astir the Jammu and Kashmir High Court rejecting a PIL filed by PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti seeking the instrumentality of undertrails from jails extracurricular the Union Territory, Mr. Lone said, the subjugated radical did not request mediators to instrumentality up their contented with the courts.
"I americium convinced that madam (Mufti) is enacting a drama," helium jibed, saying the victims should attack the courts themselves and question redressal.
