NC woman legislator, activists protest award to army major

Women workers of the opposition National Conference (NC) on Wednesday protested against the award of the Army Chief's commendation card to an officer who had tied a local to the front of a jeep in Jammu and Kashmir.

Led by NC legislator Shameema Firdous, the NC women activists started a protest march from the party headquarters in Srinagar.

The women were soon stopped by the police.

The protesting women raised slogans against the Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government for overlooking human rights in the Kashmir Valley.

They sought punishment for the army major who had tied Javed Dar, a shawl weaver, to the front of a jeep on April 9 in Budgam district to avoid stone pelting.

--IANS

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