Killing of teachers 'painful'; Centre must take steps to ensure safety of all citizens in J&K: Priyanka Gandhi

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday condemned the killing of innocent people in Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists, and urged the central government to take immediate steps for ensuring the safety of all citizens. As many as seven civilians have been killed by militants in Kashmir Valley in the last five days.

"The increasing attacks on our Kashmiri sisters and brothers by terrorists are painful and condemnable. We are with our Kashmiri sisters and brothers in this difficult time," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.



The central government should take immediate steps to ensure the safety of all citizens, the Congress general secretary said.

Her comment comes after two government school teachers were shot and killed by terrorist in Srinagar on Thursday. According to police sources, the terrorist had fired from close range at the two teachers in a government higher secondary school in Eidgah area of Srinagar.