National Conference President Farooq Abdullah lashed out at Pakistan for perpetrating terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir a day after seven people were killed in a terror attack in Ganderbal district. He said Islamabad will have to stop terror incidents here if it wants to have friendly relations with India.
A local doctor and six non-local labourers involved in the Z-Morh tunnel project were killed while five others were injured in the attack.
"I want to tell the leadership in Pakistan that if they want good relations with India, they need to put an end to this. Kashmir Pakistan nahi banega (Kashmir will never become Pakistan). Let us live with dignity and succeed," the former chief minister said.
The attack was the deadliest on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir since the June 9 incident in Reasi when nine pilgrims were killed after terrorists fired at a bus and it plunged into a valley.
"I do not know what action India should take, that is the domain of the central government. It is a problem for us and we have been going through it for years now. I have been seeing it for 30 years now. I have told them many times to stop it but their thinking is like that only.
"How can there be talks? You kill our innocent people and then you call for talks. First stop the killings," Abdullah said while commenting on the terror attack at a construction site in Ganderbal district on Sunday.
He said the attack was a painful incident as it led to the killing of poor people who had come to the valley to earn a livelihood.
"It is a very painful incident. Poor labourers who come here for a livelihood so that they can feed their families back home. These beasts martyred them. There was one of our doctors with them who serve the people. He also lost his life," Abdullah said.
"Pakistan Should Allow Kashmiris To Live In Peace"
He said Pakistan should allow the people of Kashmir to live in peace and dignity and focus on their own country's development.
"Please let us live with dignity, allow us to develop. For how long will you put us in miseries? You started in 1947 by sending the tribal raiders and killing the innocents. Were you able to make it to Pakistan here? If you did not succeed in 75 years, how will you succeed now? "For Allah's sake look after your own country and focus on development and leave us at the mercy of our God. We want to remove poverty and unemployment here. It cannot be achieved through terrorism," he said.
Abdullah said the impact of the attack will be felt by all people of Jammu and Kashmir.
"How will we progress if this (bloodshed) continues? The time has come that they should stop it or later the consequences will be hard," he added.