Independent MLA Engineer Rashid invites Twitter fury over Kashmiri Pandit remarks

MLA from Langate in Jammu and Kashmir Engineer Rashid, termed the strike by the separatists JKLF and Hurriayt Conference against the proposed setting up of a "composite township" for the displaced community in Kashmir valley, as "successful".

"The strike across Kashmir was successful and the Mufti government must treat it as the warning sign against its nefarious designs to fulfill the anti-Kashmiri, vicious and fascist agenda on Kashmir" he said.

But the MLA did not stop there. According to risingkashmir.com, Engineer Rashid in a statement said, “Kashmiri Pandits must seek unconditional apology from the majority community for migration and leaving them behind at the mercy of guns , grenades, bullets , crack-downs , PSAs, AFSPA, custodial killings, rapes, murders, forced labor, custodial disappearances, humiliations and rule of lawlessness.”

“Let Kashmiri Pandits understand that they should not have left the valley under worst circumstances, had they been real Kashmiri nationalists. Let Kashmiri Pandits not seek return like tourists but should return to live and die with Muslim brothers under all eventualities,” Rashid added.

The statement from MLA caused a furor on micro-blogging site. The #DimwitRashid became one of the top trends in country. 

Here's why #DimwitRashid is trending.. He shud apologise for just being born.. https://t.co/2EjDgEd2Cs

— Prianca (@desi_brat) April 12, 2015