After Owaisi’s ‘Muslim soldiers’ remark, Army says ‘it does not communalise martyrs’

Adding that social media is one of the factors for increasing terror in the valley he said, “Its (social media) engaging the youth at a large scale, and I think we need to focus on this issue.”

The army commander also added that terror outfits like Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) are “operating hands in glove in the valley and other parts.” “There’s no differentiation, they keep jumping from one Tanzim to other. Anyone who picks up an arm and is against the state, is a terrorist and we’ll deal with him,” he added.

7 mein se 5 log jo maare gaye woh Kashmiri Musalmaan the. Ab ispe kuch kyun nahi bola ja raha hai. Isse sabak haasil karna pdega unn logon ko jo musalmaanon ki wafadari pe shak karte hain, jo unko aaj bhi Pakistani keh rahe hain. Hum toh jaan de rahe hain: Asaduddin Owaisi pic.twitter.com/KbPpHftCb5

— ANI (@ANI) February 13, 2018

AIMIM chief Owaisi had raked up a controversy on Tuesday after he slammed those questioning patriotism of Muslims. “Out of the seven killed in Jammu, five were Kashmiri Muslims. However, nobody is saying anything now. This should be a lesson to those questioning the loyalties of Muslims and call them Pakistanis. We are laying down our lives for you,” he said.

Commenting on Owaisi’s remark, Congress leader Sandip Dikshit said, “Muslims contribute towards nation just like anyone else. Outfits say Muslims are anti-nationals & don’t love the nation. It’s almost symbolic that if you are in the Army, you are a nationalist. I think that is why Owaisi Ji had to say that,” reported news agency ANI.