Dawn.com, New Delhi :Indian opposition parties have slammed the Modi government’s use of excessive force against civilians in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir even as Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday described the unrest as a grave threat mishandled by New Delhi.Addressing Congress MPs on the sidelines of the parliament’s monsoon session, she said that former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s government had done tremendous amount of good work in the valley but that was “no longer the case”.”Recent events in the valley are tragic and pose a grave danger to the country. There can be no compromise on national security. Militants must be dealt with firmly. Yet we must ask ourselves, what has driven scores of young people to such levels of violence,” she said addressing the first meeting of Congress Parliamentary Party in the current session.”Can we say in all honesty that we have responded with sincerity to their pleas,” Press Trust of India quoted Ms Gandhi as saying.
