Kishtwar riots generate fresh heat in LS

Kishtwar riots generated fresh heat in Lok Sabha today with BJP warning that the situation was fast turning into one similar to 1990, when Pandits were forced to flee Kashmir Valley.
Yogi Adityanath (BJP), who was asked by Speaker Meira Kumar to speak, said the government in Jammu and Kashmir has not woken up to the threat posed by separatist forces.
Charging the state administration with not taking appropriate measures to prevent the outbreak of violence on August 9, he warned that the situation was fast turning into one similar to 1990 when "Hindus and Sikhs were forced to migrate" from the Valley.

Adityanath alleged that Minority Hindus and their religious places are being "selectively targeted" in the state. "Those who perpetrated violence came in a procession. They raised anti-India slogans. The DM and SP were inactive. There is an attempt to take the situation back to 1990."
He alleged that those raising anti-India slogans enjoy protection of the administration.
"An all-party Parliamentary delegation should be sent there. Action should be taken against those involved in the violence," the BJP member said.

Sharief-ud-din Shariq (NC) protested against Adityanath's charges and walked into the Well. He was inaudible in the din.
Lal Singh (Cong) pointed fingers at the BJP and alleged that peace which had been established with much difficulty in the Kishtwar region was being disturbed by them. "Secularism has been breached by them," he charged.

He demanded more compensation to those whose properties had been gutted in the violence.
M B Rajesh (CPI-M) said instead of sending paramilitary forces to Jammu, the Centre was despatching them to Kerala to prevent mass protests against the Oommen Chandy government.
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (RJD) said minorities were being targeted and killed in Bihar and there is lawlessness in the state. JD(U) members walked into the Well in protest.