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The Independent legislator from Langate constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdul Rasheed, said today that activists of his outfit would show black flags to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to the valley on May 19. “Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) will receive Modi with black flags so as to make the world community realise that India is not serious and sincere in resolving the Kashmir issue and also as a protest against police atrocities in the valley,” Rasheed told reporters.
The legislator welcomed the Centre’s unilateral ceasefire during the Muslim fasting month of Ramzan but warned of “black sheep (in the police force) trying to sabotage it”.“…(Chief Minister) Mehbooba Mufti and Modi need not fear the separatists,” he said.
Ridiculing the state Director General of Police S P Vaid’s appeal to families of militants to shun the path of violence, Rasheed termed it as a “childish” statement. “I do not know what compulsion he had to say it, but it is a childish statement. I think it is to provoke the militants,” he said.
He asked the Centre to make ceasefire permanent. “The ceasefire should be made permanent. I am sure the other side (militants) will reciprocate. Then India and Pakistan need to talk to each other to address the issue,” the MLA said.
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