Omar Hits Out at Mehbooba, Asks Modi to Fly Down Eye Doctors to J&K

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah minced no words in hitting out at Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the widespread protests in the state. The Valley continues to be on the edge after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani with the death toll crossing 30.

Omar slammed 'shameless' Mehbooba government for not putting efforts to restore calm in the state and tweeted, "Misplaced priorities that put theatrics and falsified public participation over and above the ground realities so as to befool bosses in Delhi. The government should have been focused on restoring calm."

Martyrs' Day is being observed in the state on Wednesday. Mehbooba Mufti paid tribute to 1931 'martyrs'. Omar said he was shocked to see people being brought in the state function in police cars just to normalcy is returning to the state.

The NC leader attacked Modi for not doing enough for the state. He asked the Prime Minister to send eye specialists to Kashmir.

"Hon Narendra Modi ji. After Kerala fire you carried a plane load of burn specialists with you. Please send eye/trauma specialists to Kashmir. The injured include security force persons and young boys who risk losing their sight forever. This is the time to reach out with a healing touch. Please don't let the fact that these youngsters people have been injured in protests stop us from giving the best care possible. Thank you jenab," Omar tweeted.

Omar hit out at Mehbooba-led BJP-PDP government for ferrying people to state function even as more than 30 people have been killed in the protests in the state.

"Brazen shamelessness of the Mehbooba Mufti- BJP-PDP government, ferrying people in police buses to state function to convey normalcy has returned. More than 30 people have died and all Mehbooba Mufti and her party want to do is put up party flags and get police to ferry people to her function," Omar tweeted.

More than 350 people including over 115 security force personnel have been injured in the clashes and militant attacks since July 8 following Burhan's killing.