Shiv Sena demands statement from GOI on J&K situation

New Delhi: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday demanded a statement from home minister Amit Shah or defence minister Rajnath Singh over the recent killings in Kashmir valley.

He also expressed concern over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Hindustan Times reported.

The situation in J&K is worrisome. Bihari migrants, Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs are being targeted… When it’s about Pakistan, you talk of surgical strikes. Then, it should be done for China too… Defence Min or HM need to tell the nation what’s the situation Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh,” Raut was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

His statement came a day after two more non-locals were shot dead by in Jammu and Kashmir. With this, 11 people have so far been killed in October.

A street vendor from Bihar was killed in the Eidgah area of Srinagar on Saturday evening. A carpenter from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh was killed at Litter in Pulwama district on the same day.