(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) SRINAGAR — As the Amarnath Yatra commences on July 1, Joint Resistance Leadership Sunday asserted there was no threat to the annual pilgrimage and urged the pilgrims and tourists visiting the state not to pay heed to any false propaganda.
They said people of the Valley will continue to retain and nourish the tradition of brotherhood and communal amity.
JRLcomprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and incarcerated Mohammad Yaseen Malik said a few media channels were running a smear campaign and propaganda about threat to the Amarnath Yatra and pilgrims in the Valley.
"Kashmiri people have never compromised on their tradition of hospitality, even in the toughest and trying times, and always played a friendly host, whether to a tourist or an Amarnath pilgrim who came to Kashmir," the JRL said in a statement here.
"There is no threat to Amarnath Yatris from Kashmiris as reported by some mischievous media outlets from their cozy studios in New Delhi and these pilgrims are very much safe in the Valley," it said.
They said the tourists and pilgrims visiting Kashmir can tell the ground reality and expose the sections of media who have adopted a jingoistic approach" vis-a-vis Kashmir.
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