CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami today expressed concern over the deaths and displacement of people due to border skirmishes between India and Pakistan and called for cessation of hostilities along the Line of Control.
Tarigami expressed grief over the death of six innocent civilians due to shelling from across the border and exhibited solidarity with the bereaved and displaced families.
"Thousands of families who live in border areas are in a pitiable condition because of the continuous ceasefire violations. People are forced to leave their homes for safer areas in view of the latest round of ceasefire violations in border villages Balakote, Manjakote in Rajouri and Saujiyan in Poonch," he said.
The CPI(M) leader said the ceasefire violations, whatever the causes, risk the prosperity and security of both the countries that have far more in common than areas of suspicion and discard.
"The incidents of skirmishes and hostilities along the border derail the efforts leading towards formation of better understanding and amity between the two neighbouring countries," he added.
Tarigami said there is a direct fallout of border skirmishes on the people of Jammu and Kashmir who fall prey to the bullets of the guns.
"This situation demands an immediate end and the solution lies in the cessation of hostilities along the border," he said.
A woman was killed and five persons were injured yesterday as Pakistani troops intensified shelling on border posts and civilian areas in Poonch and Rajouri in continued ceasefire violations that have claimed six lives, drawing strong protest from India.
