Jammu, February 19 Congress MLAs Irfan Lone and Iftikhar Ahmed staged a protest on Thursday, alleging harassment of Kashmiris in Jammu and Kashmir, and demanding an immediate stop to such incidents.
Lone, carrying a pamphlet that read "Stop harassing Kashmiris", and Ahmed held the protest on the steps of the assembly. They were joined by MLAs from Rajouri.
Referring to the alleged harassment of Kashmiri nursing students at a university in Rajasthan, the two MLAs said they would raise the issue in the House.
They alleged that the students were assaulted during a protest over course recognition, and four of them were injured. A female student was also allegedly manhandled, they claimed.
Lone and Ahmed also sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to stop such harassment.