Religion isn't important for people but for politicians, says Basant Rath

IPS officer Basant Kumar Rath on Thursday said that the stonepelters in Jammu and Kashmir are his people and he cannot disown them. While addressing a gathering at India Today Mind Rocks, Basant Rath also said that the Indian media fails to understand the core issue of Kashmir.

"Kashmiri people are my people... can't demonise them. People by nature are people. They have emotions and feelings, you [have to] treat them well," he said.