By TCN News,
New Delhi: Women representing various civil groups from across the country have called for restraint as young children are being killed by police bullets in the violence fast engulfing the entire Valley of Kashmir. They have called for restraint on both sides as violence cannot be justified.
“Mothers all over the country need to demand answers, why has Kashmir lost 17 children to a conflict they don’t even understand? We, the mothers, must raise our voices against any kind of extremism. After all we do not give birth to our children to see them killed brutally by bullets,” their statement released today said.
They said violence from either side cannot be justified and demanded dialogue be given chance. “How can we justify the violence on either side? How long can we be mute spectators and not respond to the pain of our sisters in Kashmir? With 45 lives lost in the last few weeks we cannot sit back any more. We need to raise our voices for dialogue and debate. We need to look at a peaceful resolution to this mindless violence. The blame game should stop and mothers can do this,” said the statement signed by about 100 women activists including Aasma Khan (Kriti Sansthan, MP), Aasma Parveen (Navdisha Sahar Mahila, Chanderi, MP), Anju Dubey (Centre for Social Research), Chandrakanta Bharti (Dalit Foundation, New Delhi), Damyanti Tambay (Secy. War Widows Association) and Shabnam Hashmi (ANHAD, New Delhi).