Current unrest in Kashmir has religious tinge: PDP leader

August 12, 2016 22:07

The People's Democratic Party, which is in power in Jammu and Kashmir, today told the all-party meeting in New Delhi that the current unrest has a religious tinge which is different from the past such episodes.

Senior PDP leader Muzaffar Baig, who attended the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, also said that unlike the past, the unrest is in rural areas and not in urban parts, according to sources.

Giving an insight into the violence that has been taking place in Kashmir for the last 34 days, Baig said it was different from the past episodes like in 2010 as this time there was a religious tinge to it, the sources said.

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