SRINAGAR: Condemning the recent acts of dividing society on sectarian and communal lines in the central Kashmir district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah today said elements behind these tensions expand their activities soon elections draw nearer.
He said they want to polarise society, create conflicts between various sections, sects, faiths, regions and castes keeping eye on votes.
Talking to a delegation of Majlis-e-Tahfuz-e-Itihaad (MTI) constituted by the civil society recently to pacify the tension in some villages of Budgam and nurture the brotherhood between Shia and Sunni Muslims, the Chief Minister while cautioning about the nefarious designs of the elements behind the sectarian clashes announced one month’s free ration for the effected families in the recent sectarian trouble in some villages of Budgam district.
The Chief Minister told the delegation led by MTI Chief Coordinator, Agha Syed Mujtaba that Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir will be Nodal Officer for assessing the damages caused to various families in the clashes so that a comprehensive rehabilitation programme is launched for their rehabilitation.
He said the Divisional Commissioner will be given directions to complete the damage assessment report within the shortest possible time so that rehabilitation of the affected families will start as soon as possible.
