‘Saboteurs undid it for common man’

Jammu, June 17

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday expressed her disappointment at the way the “other side” sabotaged the Central government’s peace initiative of Ramzan ceasefire.

Condemning the provocations and the violence, she said the agent provocateurs sabotaged the ceasefire that promised the much-needed relief to the common man during the holy month.

“A good peace initiative that could have transformed the lives of the people and changed the landscape of Kashmir for the better was nixed by the response from the other side (militants). It is unfortunate that the whole initiative was consumed by violence,” Mehbooba told The Tribune. “It is very sad and bad that the other side sabotaged it. It is clear that the sigh of relief that the common people had was not to the liking of the other side,” she added.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had informed Mehbooba on Sunday morning about the ceasefire being called off because of the continuous provocation by militants.

As earlier, the CM stressed that the “Ramzan ceasefire was an opportunity to foster peace and dialogue and work out an amicable solution to the Kashmir problem”. — TNS