The AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said India should give an effective response to last month’s Pahalgam attack and termed the incident as barbaric and cowardly.
Speaking to reporters, the Lok Sabha MP sought an inquiry into the death of a man from Kulgam who was allegedly picked up by security forces for questioning in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack.
“It was a terror attack, a cowardly attack. The more we condemn it, the less it is. We have seen how terrorists from Pakistan killed 26 people,” Owaisi said.
He said the way people were killed by separating kids and women, and asking males about their religion, was disheartening and inhumane. “Those who couldn’t recite the Kalma were fired upon. This is barbaric”.
Owaisi said the local residents of Kashmir are bearing the brunt of the attack as the tourism sector has taken a hit.
“The tourists have gone from here in huge numbers. We want our government to give an effective response to it. We have said the same in the all-party meeting as well,” he added.
To a question about the death of 22-year-old Imtiyaz Ahmad Magray from Kulgam, Owaisi said an inquiry should be conducted to ascertain the circumstances that led to the death.
“There should be an inquiry. I have read the statements of his relatives in the media. An inquiry should be held into the circumstances of his death,” the AIMIM chief said.