MP Tathagata Satpathy Takes On The Govt’s Reaction To Kashmir In This Fiery Speech
Posted on July 21, 2016 in PoliticsBy YKA Staff:
As per latest reports, 44 people have died in Kashmir in the violence and protests following Hizbul Commander Burhan Wani’s death. A ‘medical emergency‘ has been declared in the state with hospitals coping with the large influx of patients. Over a 100 young people have been injured with pellets. The state in the Valley is tense. CM Mehbooba Mufti chaired a meeting to review the situation though with a curfew imposed for over a week, little is being done to abate it. PM Modi has called the media coverage ‘unfortunate’, saying that Wani has been portrayed as a ‘hero’. Kashmiri IAS Officer Shah Faesal has criticised the blatant politicisation of the issue and the media coverage that compared him and Wani as opposing examples for the state’s youth.
The Kashmir issue isn’t a recent one. For decades, no government has done their bit to give equal opportunities to the state’s youth and understand why the unrest has come to boil. The youth needs better examples, but who’s setting them?
MP Tathagata Satpathy of the Biju Janata Dal asked all the right questions and challenged his colleagues and the government to prove that they can act, during a Lok Sabha session on July 20. Read excerpts of his speech below.
Watch Satpathy’s full Parliament speech here:
Youth Ki Awaaz is an open platform where anybody can publish. This post does not necessarily represent the platform's views and opinions.
Get Started
Do more with Youth Ki Awaaz: Sign up to comment, login to share a story, reach a community that cares, take part in campaigns and more.
If you sign up with Google, Twitter or Facebook, we'll automatically import your bio which you will be able to edit/change after logging in. Also, we'll never post to Twitter or Facebook without your permission. We take privacy very seriously. For more info, please see Terms.