NC chief Farooq Abdullah (File photo)
SRINAGAR: National Conference on Thursday expressed concern over the alleged assaults on Kashmiri shawl sellers in different parts of the country and said the Jammu and Kashmir government would take up the issue with the state governments concerned.NC chief Farooq Abdullah said, “It is unfortunate that some people want to impose a Hitler-like system in this country. Nazism has ended, and I am hopeful that this kind of extremism will also come to an end.”Abdullah praised the Central government for sending external affairs minister S Jaishankar to Bangladesh to represent India at the funeral of former PM Khaleda Zia.NC spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq said the Union home ministry has already taken strong note of the alleged attacks on Kashmiri shawl sellers.Jammu and Kashmir Students Association said it has written to home minister Amit Shah, seeking urgent “intervention over the alarming and continued rise in incidents of intimidation, harassment, and targeted violence against Kashmiri students and traditional shawl vendors” in Himachal Pradesh.
