Appealing to the media, the Union Minister for New and

Renewable Energy said "... Do not play for the sake of highest ratings...Otherwise you all will perish one by one." Recalling the sacrifices made by freedom fighters, he said it was "vitally important that we maintain the freedom of the nation called India." "There are people who want to try and divide the country. But we have have to stand united together from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Maharashtra to Tripura. As a strong India you can fight them in your home, in your state and in the nation," he said. "If this nation wants to survive then stand together. (Otherwise) All of you will perish one by one. We have enemies everywhere. We have enemies within. I am more afraid of them (enemies within) than the enemies of us. You can see them and fight them. But the enemies inside we cannot see," the National Conference supremo said in an emotional speech. "My appeal to media, which is free in the country... please do not play with the sentiments of the people. Do not create tragedies. We have gone through tragedies. There were terrible tragedies in my state. We are still not coming out of them," he said. Abdullah, however, said if the people of the country stood together they could fight and win the battle and keep Indian democracy stronger to fulfil the vision of the founding fathers.