Whose purpose is being served by 'ostracising' Kashmiris, asks Omar Abdullah on Twitter

Srinagar: Kashmir is not just a piece of land, it is the people that inhabit it, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah asserted Sunday, saying by attacking Kashmiris, they were being told there is no place for them outside the valley and no future in the mainland. Abdullah wrote in a series of tweets:

Young Kashmiri students studying outside J&K should have been feted as examples of people who have stayed away from the politics & conflict in Kashmir, choosing instead to make a future for themselves.

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) February 17, 2019

By attacking them, terrorising them & forcing them to find shelter they are being told there is no place for them outside the valley & no future in the mainland.

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) February 17, 2019

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Those hotheads that make up the mobs doing this damage need to ask themselves (if they have the mental bandwidth) whose purpose is served by ostracising Kashmiris.

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) February 17, 2019

Our enemies & those who back terrorism in J&K have been trying to drive this wedge so please please let’s not do their job for them. Kashmir isn’t just a piece of land it’s the people that inhabit it.

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) February 17, 2019

The former chief minister’s remarks came following reports of attacks on Kashmiris in Jammu and harassment of Kashmiri students at a few places outside the state. The NC leader Saturday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and sought his intervention to ensure safety of Kashmiri students and traders in various parts of the country.