‘ENSURE SAFETY OF KASHMIRI STUDENTS OUTSIDE STATE’

JAMMU: Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Monday alleged that a hate campaign has been unleashed against Kashmiri students in the country and asked the Centre to take steps to ensure their safety outside the state.

He urged the Centre to initiate criminal proceedings against people found guilty of harassing Kashmiri students in different parts of the country and also sought intervention of the state governor Satya Pal Malik to ensure safe and secure environment to Kashmiris outside the state.

“The harassment of Kashmiri students at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and in different colleges and educational institutions in Punjab at the behest of communal forces is unacceptable and must be condemned in strongest words as such incidents have serious implications,” the Kulgam MLA said in a statement here.

“The prevailing uncertain situation in Kashmir gets compounded by such incidents. AMU incident is not an isolated one as similar incidents have happened against Kashmiris in the past in various states,” Tarigami said.

“Students need to be provided with peaceful and secure atmosphere both in and outside educational institutions,” he said, adding the state governor must take up such issues with the concerned state governments to ensure safe and secure environment for Kashmiri students, businessmen, labourers and others working in different states of the country.