Reacting to reports of violence against students from Kashmir from various parts of the country, the Congress said the Pulwama attacks should not be politicised or diverted.

Party spokesperson and MP Abhishek Singhvi said that those who are attacking students are attacking our own citizens. “Each one of us has a legitimate right to outrage. Equally, we should be on a self-imposed discipline to neither politicise nor cheapen, divert and digress the debate.,” Singhvi told reporters here on Monday.

He said anyone attempting to question the martyrdom of our armed forces must be dealt with strictly in accordance with the law, but singling out Jammu & Kashmir students only helps venomous cause of separatist elements.

Expressing serious concern at the attacks on students and people belonging to Kashmir, the CPI(M) said that students were beaten up in Dehradun by Bajrang Dal and VHP men. “Threats and attacks on Kashmiri students and traders have occurred in other places too. Jammu is under curfew after attacks on Kashmiri residents there. People are aggrieved by the killing of the 40 CRPF jawans in Pulwama. But to utilise this occasion to target innocent Kashmiris is reprehensible,” said the party in a statement.

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