Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 10: While dismissing the claims of BJP of near complete normalcy in Kashmir, Member Rajya Sabha and senior AICC leader Amee Yagnik today demanded adequate security measures for the safety of minorities in Kashmir.
Talking to media-persons at JKPCC office here today Yagnik hit out at the BJP Government at the Centre for its failure to secure the life and property of innocents people who have been victim of targeted killings for quite some time, leading to atmosphere of panic amongst the common people, especially minority who are seeking migration and transfer in Jammu for the first time after 1990.
“This is unfortunate that this kind of situation has emerged in Kashmir when BJP were claiming near complete normalcy in Kashmir,” Yagnik said demanding adequate security measures for the safety of innocents, especially minorities in Kashmir.
The AICC leader expressed concern over the prevailing atmosphere of religious tension in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere in the country and the overall security scenario in Kashmir Valley under the present BJP regime.
While responding to the queries of media persons at after taking stock of the organizational affairs, especially the ongoing process of organization elections, she said that the prevailing tension in erstwhile Doda district and other parts of the country is a matter of great concern and the Government should not allow it, while appealing the people to be aware of provocative forces and not to fall prey of such sentiments and maintain harmony on all costs.
She demanded stern action as per law against anyone who violates the law by creating hatred and hurt the sentiments of others, as this country stands united on the principle of “unity in diversity”.
Earlier, the AICC leader interacted with senior party leaders and activists of the party in Jammu district and other adjoining districts about the ongoing organization elections in the country and expressed satisfaction over the overall management and transparency in the membership and the entire process.
She was briefed about the organizational activities by PCC president GA Mir, working president Raman Bhalla, party chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, general secretaries Yogesh Sawhney and Th. Manmohan Singh, DCC president Jammu Rural Hari Singh Chib, Ved Mahajan (Ex-MLC),Shashi Sharma, Pawan Raina, Sahil Sharma, S. Gurdarshan Singh, Dr Karan Bhagat, Neeraj Gupta, Sanjeev Panda, Satish Sharma, Pankaj Dogra, Rajesh Sadotra, Vijay Sharma, Narinder Gupta, Dr RK Khajuria, Ritu Choudhary, Amrit Bali, Vijay Chib and others.
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