Mustafa Kamal, a leader of the opposition National Conference party in Indian-held Kashmir on Thursday said India has violated the sovereignty of Pakistan by allowing the army to conduct surgical strikes across the Line of Control, The Indian Express reported.

“The Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of our country has given a press conference in which he has said the Indian Army has carried out surgical strikes across the (Line of Control) LoC.

“At the outset, this aggression, not to give it a sweeter word of saying ‘surgical strike’, they have violated the sovereignty of Pakistan, under whose administrative control the other side is,” said Kamal.

Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) Lt-Gen Ranbir Singh claimed Indian Army had conducted surgical strikes on terror launch pads along the de facto border in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.

“This has the potential of a full scale war between the two, which will be very unfortunate, not only for us here in Jammu and Kashmir, for the country India, and the country Pakistan.

“I am sure the countries of the world, especially the power blocks, they will definitely have something to say on this issue,” said the National Conference leader.

Militancy in Kashmir

Pondering on the genesis of militancy in Kashmir, Kamal said, “Unfortunately, this is the story that has been circulated that India is facing militant threats. Militancy was born in Jammu and Kashmir in 1989-90 and it was entirely an effort on our side.”

“Countrymen deserve to know the truth. The world deserves to know the truth, and our working President, Omar Abdullah, he said in parliament there should be a Truth Reconciliation Commission to go into the genesis of militancy. Why hasn’t the government constituted this commission?” asked Kamal.

“India is a peace loving country. This is the first time, we find, that instead of being the aggressed, they are the aggressors.”