Don’t fall for Pak propaganda, clerics urge Kashmir residents

Srinagar, October 14

Two days after being heckled at the Hazratbal shrine, a group of Muslim clerics currently on a visit to the Kashmir valley, urged people not to fall prey to the propaganda from across the border.

“The false propaganda from across the border has created a war-like situation between development and prosperity on one side and inhumanity and suffering on the other. The choice is yours. Please do not let the bile spewed from across the border shatter the dream of development and prosperity of Jammu and Kashmir. Don’t let yourself fall prey to the disease of terrorism, which is being projected in the garb of ‘jihad’ from across the border,” All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council (AISSC) chairman Syed Naseruddin Chisty told reporters.

Chisty, who is also the heir to Sajjadanashin of the Ajmer dargah, is leading a delegation of 16 clerics from different parts of the country. The delegation had come here to take stock of the situation in the Valley in the wake of the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370. The delegation will also submit a report on its Kashmir visit to the Centre.

Though Chisty said they met different delegations in the Valley, they had been heckled during a visit to the Hazratbal shrine on the banks of the Dal on Saturday. Stating that the AISSC strongly condemned the efforts of Pakistan to create trouble in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, “We are here to uplift you to the higher stars of prosperity than any of you have ever aspired to reach before. Our primary objective of coming here is to assess and evaluate the problems of our brothers and sisters. Remember, if any part suffers, the pain is felt by the entire motherland.” — TNS