Kashmir situation seems volatile: Congress

As Kashmir continued to be on the boil, Congress today made a strong pitch for the Governor to keep a close watch on the situation which, it said, has turned "volatile".
"Ever since PDP-BJP govt has taken over, incidents are taking place which clearly demonstrate that the government is not in control of the situation", party spokesman Manish Tewari alleged.
He said since Jammu and Kashmir is a frontline border state, it is imperative that the Governor keeps a close watch on the situation.
"And the reason we say this is, since it is beginning of the summer and already the way situation is turning out to be, it seems to be at least volatile if not anarchic", he told reporters.

Expressing concern over the growing protests in the Valley, he said, keeping in view totality of the situation, there should be caution and circumspection and a very close watch on the situation.
He said suspension of Internet services, growing tensions in Handwara area and incidents of stone-pelting showed that the situation is "not that good".

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"When was the last time that India heard a statement from the Secretary General of the United Nations on Kashmir? If my memory serves me correctly, throughout the ten years of the UPA Government, there was never an attempt to interfere.
"When was the last time that you heard the United States talk about resolving Kashmir through talks between India-Pakistan and the Kashmiri people?," he asked.

Tewari said, "It is absolutely a flagrant violation of the position that India has consistently taken that all issues with Pakistan will be sorted out bilaterally."
The Congress leader asked why even after inviting the Pakistan JIT it was never reciprocated by allowing the NIA to travel to Pakistan and investigate the Pathankot attack.
He said even after Prime Minister Modi airdropped into Lahore, nobody knows till date why he went there and what he achieved. He said despite various attempts made by Modi towards Pakistan, what has come back from the neighbouring country as this was never seen during UPA rule.