Satya Pal Malik, the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir who created a storm after he said that militants should ‘kill those who have looted Kashmir’, said that he gave such a statement in a ‘fit of anger’.
“As Governor, I should have not made such a comment, but my personal feeling is the same as I said. Many political leaders and big bureaucrats are steeped in corruption here,” he told news gathering agency ANI.
Malik said that whatever “I said was in a fit of anger and frustration due to rampant corruption here”.
Responding to National Conference leader Omar Abdullah’s tweet over his statement, Malik said that he is a political juvenile tweeting on everything. “See the reaction to his tweets and you will find out.”
Omar in a tweet had said that:
This man, ostensibly a responsible man occupying a constitutional position, tells militants to kill politicians perceived to be corrupt. Perhaps the man should find out about his own reputation in Delhi these days before sanctioning unlawful killings & kangaroo courts. https://t.co/bsa9khBjkC
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) July 21, 2019
In another tweet, the former Chief Minister added:
Save this tweet – after today any mainstream politician or serving/retired bureaucrat killed in J&K has been murdered on the express orders of the Governor of J&K Satyapal Malik.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) July 21, 2019
Malik quoted a huge political controversy after he said that militants rather than killing the armed forces should ‘kill those who have looted Kashmir’.
