NEW DELHI: Claiming that the violence in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district was a conspiracy by separatists and Pakistan, the BJP today demanded a “legitimate, speedy and credible” probe into the clashes in which three people have been killed.
“This was not a clash between two communities. It was not a riot. It was a well planned conspiracy by the separatists to disturb the peace. It was a one-sided attack,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar told reporters here.
He said the Centre should take seriously Pakistan connection in the clashes occurred on August 9.
“Separatists’ link with Pakistan should also be probed,” he demanded.
Expressing disagreement with Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s statement on the issue, Mr Javadekar said it was a ‘cover up’ of the clashes.
Mr Javadekar said: ”We demand a legitimate, speedy and credible inquiry into the incident, not the one suggested by the state government.”
He also slammed the Omar Abdullah government for not allowing senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley to enter Kishtwar yesterday.
”Under section 144 CrPC, five members cannot assemble. But why the state government did not allow Mr Jaitley to come out from Jammu airport? It was misuse of the law,” the BJP spokesperson stated.
He further accused the Congress of disrupting Parliament on Telangana issue.
Mr Javadekar said the Congress was doing double game on the issue of a separate state of Telangana from Andhra Pradesh.
He said the Congress is asking its MPs from Seemandhra region to disrupt Parliament.
”The government has not even adopted the bill on Telangana in the Cabinet,” the BJP MP added.
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