RAHON (NAWANSHAHR): A

in Nawanshahr said on Saturday evening that Kashmiris should be boycotted in the wake of the suicide attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir.

Ashwani Joshi,

of

, made the statement at a candlelight vigil organised to pay homage to the CRPF personnel killed in the attack. “Keep an eye around you. I request that wherever there is any Kashmiri in India, stop helping him and throw him out of the city,” said Joshi.

As several labourers and small traders come from Kashmir to sell woollen clothes, Joshi especially pointed them out. “Kashimiris who come to sell clothes or to cut trees etc, stop giving them any work,” he said.

Then he made a “special appeal” to “Hindu brothers” and urged them to stop going to the

shrine in Kashmir. “Hindu brothers should not go there, including to Amarnath. Please stop going there. When you go there as tourists, they earn a livelihood and run their homes. There are several places in the country you can go, but stop going to Kashmir and stop helping any Kashmiri. They survive on money from Hindustan and what they are doing is in front of you,” Joshi said in his address.

The candle light vigil, in which local leaders of various political parties were present, culminated at a temple near Delhi Gate. When contacted, Joshi remained firm on his appeal. “Yes, I made this appeal,” he said. The video of the appeal has already started to go viral.