The Hindu : `Fidayeen' attack condemned

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`Fidayeen' attack condemned

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI MARCH 30. Strongly condemning the ``fidayeen'' attack on the Raghu Nath temple in Jammu earlier in the day, the Kashmiri Samiti, Delhi, today called upon the Prime Minister, the Home Minister and the citizens to fight the threat of terrorism and asked for immediate dismissal of the Jammu and Kashmir Government for failing to protect the lives of innocent civilians.

Terming the attack as a ``barbaric'' act, members of the samiti gathered at the Kashmir Bhavan here today, declared that ``no amount of sympathy could bring back the lost lives''. Terrorism sponsored from across the border had reached new proportions hitherto unknown to the people of the country resulting in a sense of insecurity among the people especially minorities in the State, they said.

Expressing the insecurity of the minorities, the protesters added that ``this phenomenon of attacking minorities at the slightest pretext has become a constant feature resulting in almost wiping out of the minority Kashmiri Pandits from the valley''. They urged the authorities concerned and the people of the country to ``crush the ugly head of terrorism with all the might available in the country so that it does not raise its ugly head again''. In a resolution passed at the end of the meeting, the Samiti urged the Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities to arrange for a visit by a five-member delegation with representatives from the Kashmiri Samiti, Delhi and the National Commission of Minorities to the State in order to make an assessment of the situation.

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