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There is nary let-up successful the cases of harassment, assault, and threats against Kashmiri shawl sellers successful Himachal Pradesh, the Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) that is successful interaction with the authorities and victims, said connected Monday (December 29, 2025). Political parties successful the Kashmir vale excessively expressed interest implicit “growing incidents”.
“Dozens of Kashmiri shawl sellers, who person been moving successful Himachal Pradesh for implicit 25-30 years, are present being harassed, assaulted, and threatened to permission the State successful the Ghumarwin country of Bilaspur territory by right-wing groups. This is the 17th specified incidental that occurred successful Himachal Pradesh this year,” JKSA caput Nasir Khuehami said.
The JKSA urged the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, and Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, “to intervene immediately”. “This ambiance of hatred and threats has the imaginable to destruct livelihoods built implicit generations,” Mr. Khuehami said.
The JKSA, which has been documenting the cases of harassment against Kashmiris, said shawl sellers were being asked to permission Himachal Pradesh. “They are not allowed to merchantability their shawls, their belongings person been vandalised, and adjacent their mobile phones were smashed erstwhile they tried to grounds these incidents,” Mr. Khuehami said.
He said the incidents were taking spot “despite having due verification and valid documents”. “We further impulse the Union Home Minister to instrumentality contiguous and decisive enactment by directing the authorities to registry cases against the fringe and right-wing elements progressive nether the applicable provisions of law. Strict enactment volition nonstop a beardown connection that communal bigotry has nary spot successful a progressive and inclusive society,” the JKSA said.
Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hamid Karra said helium spoke to the Himachal Chief Minister and raised the contented of the harassment of Kashmiri shawl sellers. “He [the Chief Minister] assured of strict action,” Mr. Karra said.
Several parties, including the National Conference, the Peoples Democratic Party and J&K Peoples Conference, person besides expressed interest implicit specified attacks connected Kashmiri shawl sellers.
Meanwhile, the All India Professionals’ Congress (AIPC), Jammu and Kashmir Chapter, condemned these incidents. “Targeting radical due to the fact that of their Kashmiri individuality goes against the thought of India. Students, professionals, traders, and workers from Jammu and Kashmir person been surviving and moving crossed the state for decades and person contributed to section economies and institutions,” said Sanjay Sapru, caput of AIPC Jammu and Kashmir.
The AIPC section urged the State governments and the Union authorities “to instrumentality wide and beardown steps to guarantee the information of Kashmiris surviving extracurricular the national territory”.
