IAS Officer Shah Faesal has said that he was saddened to hear about the death of Mannan Wani and he shares the grief of his parents.
In a Facebook post, Faesal said that Mannan showed immense promise as an educated, young leader.
“We needed him. I wish he had not taken the path of violence,” he wrote.
He also added that what would happen if those ready to die for Kashmir decide to live.
“Someone has to blink. This war has to end,” Faesal added.
Earlier, Mehbooba Mufti, the former Chief Minister of the state said that Mannan’s death was ‘entirely our loss’.
“Today a PhD scholar chose death over life & was killed in an encounter. His death is entirely our loss as we are losing young educated boys everyday,” she tweeted.
In the aftermath of Wani’s killing, The Joint Resistance Leadership has called for a complete shutdown on Friday. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the Chairman of Hurriyat (M) in a tweet said that ‘Kashmir has lost a budding intellectual’.
Meanwhile, Independent Lawmaker Engineer Rashid, in a statement said that by killing Wani, New Delhi has ‘surrendered’ in front of his arguments.
“New Delhi responded to Manan Wani’s thought provoking write ups with eliminating him through bullets and has thus surrendered to his valuable arguments. No matter Manan was holding a gun in his hands, but his powerful pen has been silenced by the bullets, however it may take long for the deep state to defeat his arguments,” Rashid said.
