Rajnath urges Kashmir youth to shun violence
Home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the Narendra Modi government will change the “fate and face” of Jammu and Kashmir, but urged the youth to work towards changing their own fate.
Speaking at a Sports Conclave in Srinagar, Singh said the government has a “lot of love for Kashmir”, and asked the youth to take advantage of the opportunities being provided by the Centre and state government.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has great love for Jammu and Kashmir,” Singh said.
“Many sporting talents have been lost in the dark for many years in this state. Now, we are giving opportunities to the youth and sporting talents of the state. I believe that the youth of Jammu and Kashmir can change the future course and their own fate through ‘Sports Ki Karamat’ (miracle of sports) and ‘Taleem Ki Taqat’ (power of education),” he added.
Singh said the government decided to withdraw cases against youth who were misled into pelting stones at security personnel, as children can make mistakes.
“Children can make mistakes. That is why we decided to withdraw cases against those chil-
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dren who were misled into stone pelting,” he said
More than 3,000 sportsmen, students and enthusiasts from the three regions of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh participated in the sports conclave.
Singh is on a two-day outreach to Kashmir and will review the security situation amid an ongoing Ramzan ceasefire which the militants have flouted.
In his meetings with chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, Governor NN Vohra and security and intelligence officials, Singh and his senior officials are likely to take a call on whether to extend the ceasefire beyond the Muslim month of fasting that ends of June 15.
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