Appealing for peace, Omar says attackers of Kashmiris helping enemies

Srinagar, Feb 17: Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said those who are attacking and terrorising Kashmiri students in different parts of the country, are helping 'our enemies and those who are back terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir,' to create a wedge between communities.

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, the Vice President of National Conference (NC) said 'Young Kashmiri students studying outside J&K should have been feted as examples of people who have stayed away from the politics & conflict in Kashmir, choosing instead to make a future for themselves.

'By attacking them, terrorising them & forcing them to find shelter they are being told there is no place for them outside the valley & no future in the mainland.

'Those hotheads that make up the mobs doing this damage need to ask themselves (if they have the mental bandwidth) whose purpose is served by ostracising Kashmiris,' Mr Abdullah wondered.

'Our enemies & those who back terrorism in J&K have been trying to drive this wedge so please please let’s not do their job for them. Kashmir isn't just a piece of land it's the people that inhabit it,' said the former Chief Minister.