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Cancel revoked Amarnath transfer land order: BJP

Cancel revoked Amarnath transfer land order: BJP

Author: PTI
Publication: The Times of India
Date: July 5, 2008
URL: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Cancel_revoked_Amarnath_transfer_land_order_BJP/articleshow/3200833.cms

Demanding that the Jammu and Kashmir government cancel the revoked order on land transfer to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), the BJP on Saturday asked Muslim organisations across the country to support the cause.

"The revoking of land transfer order to SASB by the government is unfortunate and shameful," BJP President Rajnath Singh told reporters here.

Alleging that the government had succumbed to the separatist forces on the issue, Singh said the state government and the Centre were equally responsible for the situation arising out of the cancellation of land to the shrine board.

The BJP President said the decision to transfer land to SASB was taken with a view to providing facilities to the pilgrims through the board. But the state and central government yielded to separatists' pressure after they launched agitation in the valley and revoked the order.

"Since the minority government in the state has no moral authority to cancel the order, the BJP demands the cancellation of the order immediately," Singh said.

While welcoming the Muslim organisations which supported the issue, the BJP President appealed to the community to come forward and fight against the decision.

Rajnath vowed to cancel the order, if the people of Jammu and Kashmir helped BJP come to power in the state.

In reply to a question, the BJP leader said it was part of a political conspiracy and accused the Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of taking advantage of the issue as elections in the state were likely.

"If the issue has been communalised, it is because of the Congress and the PDP. We will continue with our struggle and also take it up in Parliament," Singh said.

The BJP President, accompanied by party general secretary Arun Jaitely, also visited the victims of the grenade attack at Bhaderwah at the Government Medical College (GMC) and Hospital here.

"We are surprised to know that the police has not registered FIRs against those who attacked a peaceful procession," he said.

The BJP chief also demanded that the Jammu division be given due share in the Assembly under the Representation Act, besides delimitation of constituencies be done in the state as has been done elsewhere in the country.

He supported BJP prime ministerial candidate L K Advani's call for a vote of confidence by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to prove the majority of his government.


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