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Kashmir Government to Deal with BJP's Flag Hoisting Plans

  •   Sun, Jan 16 2011 11:15:18 AM

Jammu, Jan 16 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government will have to deal with Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) plans to hoist the tricolour at Srinagar's Lal Chowk Jan 26 and its consequences on its own though the central government has promised to help in whatever way possible.

The central government, according to official sources, has told the Omar Abdullah government to devise its own strategy to deal with the situation arising out of BJP's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra or national unity march that is expected to reach Srinagar on Republic Day.

"The centre will help the state in whatever it may want to, but the overall situation would have to be dealt with by the state government only," a top official told IANS.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is trying to consolidate the situation in Kashmir that is returning to normalcy after the summer unrest claimed 112 lives, is against BJP's march to hoist the national flag at Lal Chowk.

Abdullah has voiced serious reservations over the issue and fears that BJP's move would cause "serious trouble" in the Kashmir Valley.

He had earlier warned that the "BJP alone would be responsible for the consequences".

Separatists in the valley have expressed strong opposition to the plan. The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and the Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference have also called for a "march to Lal Chowk" on the same day.

JKLF chairman Yasin Malik has threatened to stall BJP activists from hoisting the national flag, but the BJP has declared that it would go ahead with its plans.

The government, according to official sources, is mulling "very tough action" against the BJP activists as it does not want anything to disrupt peace in the valley.

BJP's Rashtriya Ekta Yatra started from Kolkata Wednesday and its activists led by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha president Anurag Thakur want to hoist the national flag in Lal Chowk Jan 26.
  

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Sun, Jan 16 2011

    No doubt Kashmir is an integral part and parcel of India. But BJP's move is like adding pinch of salt to the wound. First there should be enough measures to winover Kashmir people and Kashmiris feel that they are alienated. Just hoisting flag shall not bring any remedy, but it would add to the existing problems. If it is so much concerned about nationaly unity, why it didnt hoist the flag during its rule in the center. BJP is there to create problems for the common man and particularly to Indian muslims. It created problems in Hubli Idgah Maidan and used an arrow to hoist the flag. First of all BJP must treat all Indians irrespective of faith and beliefs as Indians. BJP just want to devide Indian on religious lines and in every samajotsava hoisted by BJP and political pontiff Pejawar seer, the agenda is anti muslims and anti christians. They just talk about hindu unity and not talk about Indian unity and national integration. Now BJP with its mentor RSS is actively involved in terrorism and bomb blasts across the country and leading bomb attacks on muslims and christians places of worships. Whats the difference between Hitler who holocausted Germain jews and RSS who are holocausting Indian mulsims? Whats the difference between Al Qaida, JeM, LeT and RSS? The formers are islamic extremists and the latter is hindu extremist.... No difference at all. Its not the religion that makes one terrorist but the ideology one follows makes him civilized or uncivlised, moderate/extremist

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