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Bandh brings life to a standstill in J&K
Mukhtar Ahmad In Srinagar |
March 25, 2003 15:23 IST
The Kashmir valley observed a near total shutdown on Tuesday to protest Monday night's massacre of 24 Kashmiri Pandits at Nadimarg village near Shopian in Pulwama district.
In capital Srinagar, shops, business establishments, schools, colleges and government offices remained shut. There was little traffic on the roads and people preferred to stay indoors.
The bandh call was given by the separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference, which has demanded an independent inquiry into the massacre.
Shops and business establishments remained shut in Jammu, Kathua and Udhampur too in response to a separate bandh called by all major political parties, including the ruling coalition comprising the Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party, the Panthers Party and the Peoples Democratic Forum.
Police and Central Reserve Police Force jawans were deployed in sensitive areas of the city to maintain law and order.
State BJP chief, Nirmal Singh, said the bandh was called to protest against the continued terrorist attacks on innocent civilians in the state.
In the past few weeks the situation had worsened and it appeared that the state government was no longer in control, he said.
With inputs from PTI
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Sub: About the killing of Kashmiri Pandits
When the terrorists from the Pak are killing our kashmiri pandits, what is the Government in J & K doing ? Is it sleeping or ...
Posted by Narayana. Isty
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Sub: What a charade?
It is such a charade when the Hurriyat is calling a bandh to sympathize with Hindu victims of massacre. When did they start having such ...
Posted by Narayan
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Sub: Bandh in Jammu and Kashmir
When the showdown is happening in Hollywood (US Vs. Iraq) , I guess nobody's interested in the showdown in Bollywood (Kashmir) huh??? If US could ...
Posted by Jeanj
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Sub: Attack Militant Facitilites in POK & Elsewhere
Mr. Primeminister, What for we are waiting? now its the right time for us to attack the militant outfits and their shelters in and out ...
Posted by Raj
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Sub: Will they stop killing?
Stop!!!! We are really stupid ppl. Whatever happens we keep bandh. what we get? will they stop killing our ppl? nothing!!! otherway we keep ourselves ...
Posted by SARANG RAUT
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