New Delhi: As the horrors of violence sparked by a sudden offensive launched a week ago by Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and the counterattacks by Israel to decimate it unfold daily, former JNU student leader Shehla Rashid has said Indians are lucky and thanked the government and security forces for ensuring long-term peace and security in Kashmir.
It is feared that the Israel-Hamas conflict will escalate further with the possibility of spilling over to other Middle East countries. Last weekend, Hamas attacked Israel, resulting in over 1,300 casualties. Israels retaliatory strikes in Gaza have surpassed 2,300 deaths.
Reacting to the situation, Shehla Rashid, whohad been a bitter critic of the Narendra Modi government,wrote on X: Looking at the events in the Middle East, today I realise how lucky we are as Indians. The Indian Army and security forces have sacrificed their everything for our safety. Credit where its due @pmoindia @HMOIndia @manojsinha_ @adgpi @ChinarcorpsIA for bringing peace to Kashmir.
Looking at the events in the Middle East, today I realise how lucky we are as Indians. The Indian Army and security forces have sacrificed their everything for our safety.
Credit where its due @pmoindia @HMOIndia @manojsinha_ @adgpi @ChinarcorpsIA for bringing peace to Kashmir https://t.co/qeUCkJq9g3
Shehla Rashid (@Shehla_Rashid) October 14, 2023
Peace is impossible without security, as the Middle East crisis has shown. The Indian Army @ChinarcorpsIA along with @crpfindia and brave personnel of Jammu Kashmir Police @JmuKmrPolice have made tremendous sacrifices to ensure long-term peace and security in Kashmir, she said in another post.
Peace is impossible without security, as the Middle East crisis has shown. The Indian Army @ChinarcorpsIA along with @crpfindia and brave personnel of Jammu Kashmir Police @JmuKmrPolice have made tremendous sacrifices to ensure long-term peace and security in Kashmir ?
Shehla Rashid (@Shehla_Rashid) October 14, 2023
She was one of the top student leaders, who agitated against the Centre on a string of issues like the abrogation of Article 370 which stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status and Citizenship Amendment Act.
In 2016, her name came to the forefront in the incident involving JNU when several student leaders were arrested for allegedly raising anti-national slogans.
In contrast to her former stand, lately, she has backed the Narendra Modi government over a host of issues, including its rule in Kashmir.
In July, she retracted her petition contesting the central governments 2019 decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmirs special status and divide the former state into two Union Territories.
Rashid has also remarked that there has been an improvement in the human rights situation in Kashmir under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the period of Governors rule in Jammu and Kashmir.
However inconvenient it may be to admit this, the human rights record in Kashmir has improved under the @narendramodi government and@OfficeOfLGJandK administration. By a purely utilitarian calculus, the govts clear stance has helped save lives overall. Thats my angle, she posted on X on August 15 this year.
However inconvenient it may be to admit this, the human rights record in Kashmir has improved under the @narendramodi government and @OfficeOfLGJandK administration. By a purely utilitarian calculus, the govts clear stance has helped save lives overall. Thats my angle. https://t.co/O6zpqHBOwT
Shehla Rashid (@Shehla_Rashid) August 15, 2023
