New Delhi, April 15: Hoping that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir will improve, Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Sunday said the radicalised youths in the Valley will soon realise that they cannot achieve anything with guns.
The people of Jammu and Kashmir stood for peace, though there were some youths who had been radicalised, General Rawat said while speaking here at the 70th Raising Day celebrations of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry.
They think they can achieve their goal through guns but the time is not far when they will realise its futility in solving their problems, the Chief of Army Staff said.
He called for united efforts to restore peace in the Valley which has been witnessing militancy-related violence.
He said that a way forward to peace had to be found together. "There is hope that the situation in Kashmir will improve," he added.
Referring to the violence in the Valley, General Rawat said though the atmosphere there had been vitiated, the situation had not deteriorated.
He said that unity in diversity is the essence of Kashmiriyat and the Valley youths should be made aware of this fact.
He appreciated the infantry regiment for its services to the nation in the last 70 years.
The regiment was also affiliated with Indian Naval Ship Kochi, a guided missile destroyer and Srinagar-based 51 Squadron of the Indian Air Force.
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Karnataka HC issues notice to CM, others on plea seeking transfer of MUDA case to CBI
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others on a writ petition filed by RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna seeking a direction to transfer the MUDA site allotment case to CBI.
Justice M Nagaprasanna, who also issued notice to Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi B M, brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy, Union of India, the State government, CBI and Lokayukta, directed the Lokayukta to place on record investigation conducted in the case so far.
The court posted the next hearing to November 26.
Meanwhile, the Lokayukta police have summoned Siddaramaiah, who is accused number one in the case, for questioning on November 6.
They had on October 25 questioned his wife, who is the accused number two in the case.
The CM is facing allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
Siddaramaiah, his wife, Swamy and Devaraju -- from whom Swamy had purchased a land and gifted it to Parvathi -- and others have been named in the FIR registered by the Mysuru-located Lokayukta police establishment on September 27.
Swamy and Devaraju have also deposed before the Lokayukta police.
