JK guv reaches out to Hurriyat, urges them to apprise him directly of cases of 'injustice'

In a bid to build bridges between Raj Bhawan and Hurriyat Conference, J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik Tuesday reached out to the separatist leaders urging them to apprise him directly of the cases of "atrocity and injustice" to common people that they may come across.

Malik made the offer with an appeal that the Hurriyat Conference leaders should not treat him as "an alien".

"I have a message for Hurriyat that they should not consider me as an alien," Governor Malik told PTI in an interview.

"As far as Hurriyat is concerned, I have respect for them, even though their ideology is different from mine. They have a different ideology and I have a different one," the governor added.

Promising to treat Hurriyat leaders' complaints with due urgency, the governor said, "If they (Hurriyat) feel there is any atrocity (by troops or police), they can contact me on phone or send a person to me."
Explaining that he has always been hearing out the people of Jammu and Kashmir, Malik said, "I take all calls including those from common people of the state. My mobiles and WhatsApp have never been silent. All those complaints which come to me on WhatsApp, I have tried to address them."