Education in shatters causes stone-pelting in Kashmir: Army Chief
New Delhi, July 3: Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday said that decades of militancy has shattered the education system in Jammu and Kashmir and this is one of factors behind stone-pelting protests in the state.
The Army chief was interacting with students from Chhattisgarh who were on a trip to Delhi.
One of the them asked him why there were frequent stone-pelting incidents in the Kashmir Valley.
Gen Rawat replied that Kashmiris were being fed with misinformation that India was anti-Muslim and those who eat beef were being killed.
"They try to shield terrorists. They pelt stones as it is easily available. (Stone-)pelting is not (something) new. Unemployment is a factor for this, but it is not unique to Kashmir. There is unemployment in other parts of the country as well. Youngsters there don't pelt stones.
"Education there (Kashmir) is shattered. Most of the schooling is done through madarassas, which cannot get you good jobs."
He said the Army had two ways of dealing with the situation.
"The harsh way or the other way is to make them understand that what they are doing is wrong. We bring some of the people from there to Delhi to show we don't have Army on every corner here as Delhi is peaceful. If Kashmir is also peaceful, the Army will be taken away from there."
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DC score 162/8 against RCB in IPL
New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI): Delhi Capitals posted 162 for right against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Sunday.
Put in to bat, KL Rahul top-scored with a 39-ball 41 but DC lost wickets in regular intervals before Tristan Stubbs' 18-ball 34 lifted them to a competitive total.
Bhuveshwar Kumar (3/33) and Josh Hazlewood (2/36) snapped three and two wickets respectively.
Krunal Pandya (1/28) and Yash Dayal (1/42) accounted for one wicket each.
Brief Scores:
Delhi Capitals: 162 for 8 in 20 overs (KL Rahul 41; Bhuveshwar Kumar 3/33).
