Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi says to protect minorities in Kashmir is national duty

By: Javaid Malik MK

Srinagar

While condemning the killing of two teachers belonging to the minority community, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday said that to protect them is a national duty and reiterated the commitment of his government towards the minorities.

He was quoted in the media saying, ‘Killing of minority community members is unfortunate; will track down killers of innocent civilians in Kashmir, punish them sternly’.

According to KNO while reporting about the utterance of Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi it has said in its news report on Thursday as follows

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Thursday said that protecting members of minority communities is the “national duty” of Government of India and those killing members of minority community in Kashmir will be tracked down and punished sternly.

“Those killing innocent members of the minority community in Kashmir want to put a break on the ongoing development. Wherever the killers are hiding, they will be tracked down and punished,” Naqvi told reporters in reply to a query at the tourist resort of Doodhpathri in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. He said that to protect the members of minority communities is the “national duty” of the Government of India. “We will ensure full protection to the minorities in Kashmir,” he said as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) and termed the recent spate of civilian killings in Kashmir as unfortunate.

Lashing out at the regional political parties, Naqvi said that BJP is not the party that would go to voters at the time of elections. “We always stay in touch with people round the clock. We need to know what people know every month, every week and every day. This is our motive,” he said, adding that all tourist places in Kashmir would be explored in the days ahead.

With KNO inputs