Kishtwar population 50:50, no question of selective targeting: Azad
August 12, 2013  17:08
Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said the situation in Kishtwar and other violence-torn districts of Jammu and Kashmir were presently under control, and that there was no question of selectively targetting one particular community.

"It is unfortunate that this incident happened, which was similar to the violence of 2008 when three people were killed. In this incident, too, three people have been killed and several others were injured. But after that, the situation has been under control. I have full faith that the entire state will now be under control,' Azad said.

Rubbishing the BJP claim that people of one community were "selectively targeted', Azad said that there was no question about it because the District is equally populated with Hindus and Muslims.

"The area has a 50-50 population of Hindus and Muslims. They (BJP) probably don't know that. There is neither a majority in the area, nor a minority. Therefore, there is no point in making a statement on the basis of majority or minority in the District.

Secondly, people from both communities have been targeted and killed. Thus, there is no question of a particular target. When the enquiry is carried out, the BJP will feel sorry that what they thought was not true,' Azad added.
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