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| Tourism boom in J&K due to scorching heat, not better situation: Ghulam Nabi Azad | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, May 21: Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the current tourism boom in Jammu & Kashmir is due to the rising temperature in the rest of the country and not because of any improved situation in the Union territory.
Azad made the assertion, reiterating his stand on the Delimitation Commission report, saying that “the tailor-made report is in contradiction with the ground realities”.
Azad called for united efforts to finish militancy and also urged the government to accept the genuine demands of vulnerable sections of the society to ensure that they are not put in harm’s way.
“The government should not be happy over the increase in tourist arrivals (in Kashmir) and link it with the (improved) situation,” he said. “I give full credit for the tourism boom to the almighty as the rising temperatures in Delhi and the rest of the country prompted people to look for cooler environs in Kashmir, Shimla and elsewhere,” Azad told reporters here.
Azad reached Jammu on a two-day visit and presided over a function at the party headquarters to pay tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary. He is scheduled to return to Srinagar on Sunday.
The veteran Congress leader expressed concern over the growing terror activities in Kashmir and said “we all need to join hands to finish militancy (in Jammu and Kashmir)”.
“The genuine demands of the vulnerable sections of the society, whether they are Kashmiri pandits, Sikhs or Muslims who are on the hit list (of terrorists) should be accepted. We should not put them in harm’s way,” he said.
Asked about the Delimitation Commission report which took effect in Jammu and Kashmir with the issuance of a notification by the Union law ministry on Friday, Azad said he and other Congress leaders have made it clear that they are not satisfied with the report which contradicts the ground realities. “It is a tailor-made report and prepared in such a way to benefit some and cause loss to whom they intend to,” the Congress leader said. |
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