Opposition's silence on stone-pelting deaths most unfortunate: BJP

The BJP on Saturday hit out at opposition parties for maintaining "complete silence" over the death of a soldier in a stone-pelting incident and said stone-pelters should be treated like terrorists are being dealt in the state.

Sepoy Rajendra Singh (22) died at a hospital in Srinagar on Friday after he sustained head injuries during stone-pelting by a group of youths.

Expressing concern over the death of the soldier, BJP national vice-president Avinash Rai Khanna said, "The complete silence on part of the opposition parties over such inhuman incidents is most unfortunate and need to be condemned by one and all."
Condemning the incident, state BJP president Ravinder Raina said, "The stone-pelters are terrorist sympathisers and anyone supporting or working for a terrorist is also a terrorist. They are not innocent children."