Show wisdom, avoid shortage of attendance, control emotions: Altaf Bukhari to students

Srinagar: Assuring students that government would ensure quickest trial of Kathua rape and murder accused and harshest punishment to convicts, Minister for Education and Finance, Syed Altaf Bukhari on Saturday said “our children show wisdom and they should ensure that shortage of class attendance does not become an issue for them to sit in the examinations”.
Notably, the students including boys and girls from almost every district took to streets and also clashed with the government forces to protest against the rape and murder case of a minor nomadic girl from Kathua.
However, the government ordered closures of various educational institutes for couple of days in view of precautionary measure.
Talking to reporters here at Raj Bagh, Altaf Bukhari asked students to control their emotions and return to classes to ensure that shortage of attendance does not become an issue for them to sit in the examination after few months.
Reposing trust and confidence in the students, Bukhari said, “Our children show wisdom in trying times and hope they would return to classes peacefully. I assure them that government would ensure quickest trial of the Kathua rape accused and harshest punishment to the convicts of that unpardonable crime.”
“Today Union Cabinet is meeting and of central government passes an ordinance to allow courts for awarding death penalty to rape convicts the state government would also invoke a suitable legislation similar to the one which the central government would pass in the parliament,” he added while referring to a query.