AMMU, Apr 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that the unprecedented and spontaneous public outrage in Jammu and Kashmir over the Pahalgam terror attack has offered a glimmer of hope that terrorism may see its end soon with people’s help.
While assuring that his government would work to strengthen people’s crusade against the menace of terrorism, Abdullah also appealed to the Centre to avoid steps that will alienate the public in the aftermath of the April 22 attack in Baisaran meadow that left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead.
Calling the massacre the most unfortunate, Abdullah said during the special one-day session of the J&K Assembly that the spontaneous pouring of people on roads against the incident offers a glimmer of hope that terrorism may see its end soon with their help.
With an emotional words Chief Minister while winding up a discussion on a resolution in the House to condemn the Pahalgam terror attack said that Militancy, terror or terrorism will finish when people are with us. Given people’s outrage against the terror attack, this is the beginning of its finishing if we take proper steps & we should not take any step or action that will alienate people.
We cannot control a terrorist with a gun but we can end terrorism if people are with us. I think that time has come when people are heading towards that stage,” he said.
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