New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad took a swipe at the treasury benches during a Parliament debate on the Kashmir unrest, metaphorically suggesting it was the government which provoked the unrest in Kashmir.
This was when Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan intervened during Azad's speech. The Congress leader from Kashmir hit back saying, "Aap minister hai, aap baith jaiye. Aap petroleum department chalaiye. Aapka kaam aag lagana he raha. Aapka kaam aur kuch nai raha aur yeh aakhiri aag lagate lagate he ja rahe hai. Jabse aapke kadam pade, aag lag gayi wahan. Jahan bhi aapke kadam padte hai, aag nikal aati hai wahan se (You are a minister, please sit down. Please run the petroleum department. Your job is is to start a fire and and you have been doing that. The day you stepped in, a fire broke out there. Wherever you go, a fire breaks out there)."
Azad hit back on another occasion when Pradhan objected to his allegation that the government was playing votebank politics.
"Aap toh vote ke liye, desh ke liye statement dete rahe. Lekin hum physically unse ladte rahe. Kashmir ke log Army ke sath.... (You (government) make statements to garner votes. But we are the ones who have fought with them)," Azad said.
Curfew in some parts and restrictions in rest of Kashmir remained in force for the 33rd day on Wednesday. As many as 55 persons including two cops were killed and several thousand others were injured in the clashes between protesters and security forces.
Schools, colleges, business establishments, petrol pumps and private offices were closed while public transport remained off the roads.
The attendance in government offices and banks was also thin, the official said.
Mobile internet services remained snapped in the entire Valley where the outgoing facility on prepaid connections is also barred.
The separatist camp has extended the shutdown call in Kashmir till August 12.
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