Geelani wants to create and issue out of nothing Govt must come out with facts: PDP

Srinagar: While ridiculing the strike call given by Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani on February 28 against Lolab encounter in which army claimed to have killed seven militants, National Conference and Congress came down heavily on Geelani saying that ‘he wants to create an issue out of nothing’.

“This is very unfortunate that Geelani all the time remains in search of a reason to extend strike calls. He must shun this illogical attitude,” said Mustafa Kamal, additional general secretary National Conference while asks Geelani to come out with proof about slain militants’ origin.  

Kamal told KNS that the government has already made it clear on the floor of the house that the militants killed during the gun battle with the army in Lolab were all non-locals and that after the post-mortem and DNA sample collection, the bodies were handed over to the local Auqaf for the performance of their last rites.

Congress while echoing Kamal’s statement over the issue stated that it is satisfied with the version of police and army that the ultras were non-locals. It stated further that there was no need for the strike call as the locals themselves have expressed satisfaction that the militants were non-locals. “The DNA samples were collected and post mortem was carried out that reveals the truth,” said Taj Mohi-ud-Din, minister for medical education and senior Congress leader.

Opposition PDP while demanding that the government must come up with the facts and the same must be made public opined that there is a lot of credibility ‘deficit’ in the present coalition. It also slammed the government over the imposition of curfew in Lolab and Kupwara. “The government has made curfew as a tool of repression and there is no reason for chief minister Omar Abdullah to claim on the floor of the assembly that the normalcy prevails in valley at large,” Naeem Akhter, MLC and PDP chief spokesman told KNS.  (KNS)