<p class="title">National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said incidents like the attack on two <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/2-kashmiri-vendors-beaten-721973.html" target="_blank">Kashmiri vendors in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh</a> will do more harm to idea of India in Jammu and Kashmir than anything else.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Nothing will do more damage to the idea of India in J&K than videos like these. Keep thrashing Kashmiris like this on the streets at the hands of RSS/Bajrang Dal goons & then try to sell the idea of 'atoot ang' (integral part), it simply won't fly," Abdullah said in a series of tweets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The former chief minister was reacting to a video in which two Kashmiris were being seen thrashed by a group of men in Lucknow.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police has arrested one person in connection with the assault.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Dear PM @narendramodi Sahib, this is what you had spoken against & yet it continues unabated. This is the state governed by your handpicked Chief Minister. Can we expect action in this case or do we file your concern & assurances as a jumla, meant to placate but nothing more?" Abdullah asked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The National Conference leader posed a question to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who represents the Lucknow seat in Lok Sabha, that if he would step in to deliver the justice in this case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Jenab @rajnathsingh Sahib. You represent this constituency in the Lok Sabha, this is the constituency where Vajpayee Sb was elected from & went on to be PM. If no one else will step in & deliver justice can we expect you to punish those guilty of this assault?" he added.</p>
<p class="title">National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said incidents like the attack on two <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/2-kashmiri-vendors-beaten-721973.html" target="_blank">Kashmiri vendors in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh</a> will do more harm to idea of India in Jammu and Kashmir than anything else.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Nothing will do more damage to the idea of India in J&K than videos like these. Keep thrashing Kashmiris like this on the streets at the hands of RSS/Bajrang Dal goons & then try to sell the idea of 'atoot ang' (integral part), it simply won't fly," Abdullah said in a series of tweets.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The former chief minister was reacting to a video in which two Kashmiris were being seen thrashed by a group of men in Lucknow.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police has arrested one person in connection with the assault.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Dear PM @narendramodi Sahib, this is what you had spoken against & yet it continues unabated. This is the state governed by your handpicked Chief Minister. Can we expect action in this case or do we file your concern & assurances as a jumla, meant to placate but nothing more?" Abdullah asked.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The National Conference leader posed a question to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who represents the Lucknow seat in Lok Sabha, that if he would step in to deliver the justice in this case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Jenab @rajnathsingh Sahib. You represent this constituency in the Lok Sabha, this is the constituency where Vajpayee Sb was elected from & went on to be PM. If no one else will step in & deliver justice can we expect you to punish those guilty of this assault?" he added.</p>