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| Governor asks militants to drop guns, get two 'paradises'; Want to set up multiplex in valley: Satya Pal Malik | | | Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 22: Stating that Hurriyat leaders who once shut the doors are ready to hold deliberations with New Delhi, Governor Satya Pal Malik today asked the youth who have picked up guns here to shun violence to get twin paradises.
Addressing a function held in connection with distribution of free Dish TV set top boxes at SKICC here, Governor Malik said, "We don't feel happy when a youth (Militant) is being killed but we want them to return. However, the action against the forces will be reiterated. The youth (militants) are being befooled by saying that they will get paradise if they will be killed but the youth if return will get two paradises one is Kashmir and if they live like practical Muslims then they will get another as well."
He also added that the militant recruitment in the Valley has almost stopped while as the stone pelting incidents especially after Friday prayers has also almost stopped. "I feel happy that the temperature in the Valley has gone down as compared to what it was during my arrival in Kashmir. Today, Hurriyat who once closed their doors for Ram Vilas Paswan are ready for the talks with Government of India," he added.
Governor further stated that Jammu and Kashmir can be the best state as it has its own paradise as well as the constitution. "There is a great communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir. People here especially the younger generation has to be catered, if we put an end to their anger then the situation will be normalized," he said.
He added that at least 22000 students are studying outside Kashmir at present and his administration had told the officers to visit them in their college premises for their assistance. Meanwhile, Governor Malik praised Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for raising his voice against the drug menace in the Valley.
He said drug addiction is the big menace in Jammu and Kashmir, asking the officials to educate the youth and play a pivotal role in putting an end to such menace.
Malik said that efforts were on to open a multiplex in the valley in order to provide an avenue for the entertainment-starved people here.
"I regret that there is nothing to do in Kashmir after 6 pm. Cinema halls are closed for decades now, coffee-house licence will take four years to get. There is no place where you can go," Malik said.
"The people here are so lively that on holidays they will go to fields and parks to have their lunch there. We have not been able to give them any avenue of entertainment," the governor said. "Now we are trying to set up a multiplex. There is friend who is determined to establish a multiplex (in Kashmir)."
Malik said Doordarshan had fulfilled the need for credible news and information in a place like Kashmir where "rumours become the news". "There are so many rumours here that it takes three days to put them to rest. They become news," he said. "So a medium that is credible, believable and with wide reach was needed. You've done that." The governor said while there were many traditional forms of entertainment in villages, there were no such things in cities. "They are dependent on TV and radio for entertainment and DD Kashir has addressed this problem to a large extent here," he added. |
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