{"id":5654,"date":"2016-10-04T22:19:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir.today\/?p=5654"},"modified":"2016-10-04T22:19:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:49:12","slug":"unison-kashmiris-slam-minister-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=5654","title":{"rendered":"In unison, Kashmiris slam Minister in Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em><strong>People got offended after Minister used derogatory remarks about Kashmir<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Srinagar:<\/strong><\/em> Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Sharma was ridiculed in unison by Kashmir\u2019s tour operators for making objectionable remarks about Kashmir and its tourism sector.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>According to eyewitnesses, as Sharma was trying to corner the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and making derogatory remarks about Kashmir- saying \u2018terrorists walk like tourists in Kashmir\u2019, the travel and tour operators hailing from Jammu and Kashmir stood from their seats and cautioned Sharma to retract from his statement. \u201cTour operators from JK all in unison castigated Delhi tourism minister and raised objections to his instigative speech,\u201d eyewitnesses told KNS over phone from New Delhi.<br \/>\nIt was informed further that Shrama had to leave the stage half way after facing such a public wrath. \u201cNot only JK tour operators objected to Sharma\u2019s remarks. There were people from Delhi also who asked Sharma to shut up,\u201d says a tour operator.<br \/>\nHe added that the Delhi tourism minister got offended by the speech of the Union Toursim Minister Mahesh Sharma who termed JK as number one tourist destination in entire India. \u201cIt was a kind of insecurity that Delhi tourism minister got after JK as a prime tourist destination was praised by one and all in the function. All he tried was to divert attention,\u201d says the travel operator who attended the function of the Bharat International Travel Bazaar (BITB).<br \/>\nThe chief minister Mehbooba Mufti who was the chief guest of the function said in her speech: \u201cAny place in the world, including Delhi, women are safest in my Kashmir. They move around in shikaras and houseboats. That&#8217;s the biggest thing my state can offer. As compared to any place in the world, including Delhi, women and girls are safest; there is no fear of getting raped in a car.&#8221;<br \/>\nAround 400 tour operators hailing from various countries and states were present in the function. There were also 50 tour operators from JK present on the occasion. <strong><em>(KNS)<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People got offended after Minister used derogatory remarks about Kashmir Srinagar: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Sharma was ridiculed in unison by Kashmir\u2019s tour operators for making objectionable remarks about Kashmir and its tourism sector. According to eyewitnesses, as Sharma was trying to corner the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}