Targeted killings in J&Okay: Amid Opposition assault, BJP appeals to Kashmir Pandit, Dogra employees to remain again

By PTI

JAMMU: As migrant Kashmiri Pandit and Dogra workers have been demanding the federal government to shift them out of the Valley within the wake of focused killings, the BJP on Sunday appealed to them to remain again and mentioned the federal government is set to defeat the “Pakistani conspiracy”.

Calling Jammu and Kashmir the nation’s crown, the BJP’s chief for the union territory Ravinder Raina mentioned, “We have to stand together to scuttle the nefarious designs of Pakistan, which has chalked out the conspiracy of targeted killings through its sponsored terrorists to force out minorities and nationalist Muslims from the Valley.”

“We are fighting a Pakistan-sponsored proxy war for the last 32 years and our army, police and paramilitary forces have given a befitting reply by eliminating thousands of terrorists over the years to frustrate the evil designs of the neighbouring country,” Raina mentioned, addressing a gathering of Kashmiri Pandits on the get together headquarters right here.

He mentioned when terrorism began within the Valley within the early Nineteen Nineties, Pakistan’s plan was to drive out the “nationalist forces”, and therefore it focused Kashmiri Pandits and nationalist Muslims within the BJP.

“Our people fought back bravely. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has given a free hand to the army, police and paramilitary forces, and the security situation in the Valley has improved satisfactorily, which is evident from the fact that there is no Hurriyat Conference-sponsored strikes and stone pelting during anti-terrorism operations,” he mentioned.

As Pakistan noticed the restoration of peace within the Valley, it conspired with the fear teams to bleed Kashmir once more and chalked out the technique of focused killings to create worry and power recent migration, he alleged.

“We appeal to all nationalists, including Pandits, Dogras and those who have come from different parts of the country to stay back as we have to join hands to defeat the conspiracies of the enemies,” he mentioned, including the federal government has already introduced their relocation to safer paces and offered them satisfactory safety.

Meanwhile, is the Centre too fragile to face up to a peaceable protest by mainstream political events in Kashmir, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti requested on Sunday.

Her remarks got here after studies that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will deal with a rally in opposition to the Centre within the nationwide capital over killings in Kashmir.

Mufti mentioned it’s ironic that the political events from the valley are usually not allowed to stage protests in opposition to the killings of minority group members, whereas events in different states are.

“Ironical that we the mainstream parties in Kashmir weren’t allowed to hold protests against minority killings. Could it be attributed to GOIs nervousness about the fragility of normalcy in J&K? Too fragile to withstand a peaceful protest?” the previous Jammu and Kashmir chief minister wrote on Twitter.

Addressing the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) “Jan Aakrosh Rally” at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Sunday, Kejriwal hit out at Pakistan, accusing it of supporting terror actions in Kashmir.

“I want to tell Pakistan to stop petty tactics. Kashmir will always be part of India,” the Delchi chief minister mentioned on the rally held in opposition to focused killings in Kashmir.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday criticised the ruling BJP on the Centre, claiming the get together was busy selling some motion pictures amid the “targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and Muslim security personnel” in Jammu and Kashmir.

Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Raut claimed the BJP was neglecting the Kashmir Valley’s safety.

“Did the atrocities against the Kashmiri Pandits stop with surgical strikes (conducted by the BJP-led central government across the Line of Control). They have increased,” Raut claimed.

“There have been focused killings of Hindus and Kashmiri Pandits in addition to Muslim safety personnel as a result of they’re serving the nation.

The BJP is busy selling motion pictures, like ‘The Kashmir Files and ‘Samrat Prithiviraj’,” the Shiv Sena’s chief spokesperson mentioned.

From Srinagar to Pulwama (in Kashmir), at the least 20 Muslim safety personnel have been killed, the Rajya Sabha member claimed with out specifying the main points.

“The BJP leaders are not speaking about this. They are busy trying to find ‘Shivling’ in the Taj Mahal (Agra) and the Gyanvapi mosque (in Varanasi),” he mentioned.

Raut additionally hit out on the BJP for celebrating its eight years in energy on the Centre when the scenario in Kashmir was “not good”.

In the Nineteen Nineties, when the primary exodus (of Kashmiri Pandits) occurred, the BJP was in energy (on the Centre), he mentioned, apparently referring the then V P Singh-led dispensation which was in energy with the BJP’s assist.

The BJP is in energy even now, Raut famous.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray too on Saturday expressed concern in regards to the “targeted killings of Hindus and Kashmiri Pandits” within the Kashmir Valley.

Kashmiri Pandits have been fleeing the Valley, Thackeray, who additionally heads the Shiv Sena, mentioned in an announcement right here.

“Kashmiri Pandits were shown the dream of `ghar vapasi’ (resettlement in the Valley), but they are being targeted and killed. The exodus of Pandits is shocking,” he mentioned.

The chief minister assured the Pandit group that “Maharashtra is firmly behind them.”

In 1995, when the Shiv Sena-BJP coalition got here to energy in Maharashtra, Sena founder Bal Thackeray ensured a quota in academic institutes within the state for the kids of Kashmiri Pandits, he famous.

“Our government is in touch with Kashmiri Pandit leaders and will do everything it can for their protection,” Thackeray additional mentioned.