NEW DELHI – A widow of Indian paramilitary CRP soldier killed in Pulwamaattack Thursday made an appeal to Indian PM Modi.
She asked that dialogue should be “given a chance” instead of war betweenPakistan and India.
Mita Santra’s husband Bablu Santra was one of the 40 victims of the suicideattack on a CRPF convoy in Kashmir’s Pulwama on February 14.
Mita said she was not worried about the criticism she faced on social mediaover her anti-war stand.
“We should give dialogue a chance instead of war that will lead to loss ofso many more lives,” Mita told PTI and urged the Government of India tomake all efforts to ensure Varthaman’s return.
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“I urge our government to engage with that of Pakistan to get back WingCommander Abhinandan Varthaman safely,” she said.
Varthaman was captured following a fierce engagement between fighteraircraft of the two sides in which IAF lost a MiG 21 Bison aircraft beingflown by Varthaman, who bailed out but was captured and arrested.
Following the death of her husband, Mita had made a strong anti-war pitchdespite calls for avenging the suicide attack, insisting that a war shouldbe avoided as it will snuff out many more lives on both sides of theborder, leaving women widowed, mothers without sons and children withoutfathers.
Mita said she was not bothered about social media trolls criticising herstand on war, adding that if one person has criticised her, 10 othersappreciated her approach.
