Srinagar: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Sunday condemned the banning of Jama’at-e-Islami, calling it provocative and motivated crusade against a particular community.
“Political advantage is being extracted out of the prevailing hostile situation by creating deep divisions amongst sections of the society,” a spokesman of the KCC&I said, adding, “It is part of a provocative and motivated crusade against a particular community.”
He said the arrests of workers and leaders, seizure of moveable and immoveable properties including educational institutions is a blatant act of abuse of power aimed at subjugation of minorities.
“The onus is on the Government to start explaining to the public the compulsions justifying targeting of religious institutions belonging to a particular community,” he said.
Sealing of residential houses and schools violates the basic principles of humanity and demonstrates the desperation of people after global rejection of their politics of hate, communalism and pernicious designed propaganda, the spokesman added.
