Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, June 3: Scores of National Panthers Party activists led by former MLA and State president of the party Balwant Singh Mankotia held protest demonstration against the BJP for its meek surrender and allowing return of Kashmiri militants from PoK via Nepal and other routes.
The angry protestors gathered at Slathia Chowk in Udhampur and torched the effigy of the Saffron Party for giving assurance to the PDP for making Nepal route legal for the return of Kashmiri youth from PoK. The protesters further blocked Dhar Road which led to a heavy traffic jam for few hours.
Ex-MLA while addressing the media revealed that BJP was exposed for its dual standards as it vehemently opposed the rehabilitation policy for the militants earlier when they were in opposition and dubbed the same as anti-national policy. He reminded that on Nov 22, 2010 when the policy was announced, BJP not only opposed it but vowed to fight it tooth and nail besides decrying the policy as dangerous and security threat for the country and J&K in particular.
While expressing his resentment on the assurances given by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in New Delhi for legalising Nepal route for the safe return of Kashmiri militants from PoK, Mr Mankotia raised a question mark on the credibility of the BJP at the Centre and the State. He said that a militant who had spent 18 to 20 years in Pakistan acquiring arms and ammunition training could not be trusted and should not be offered any concession. He added that it would only be BJP which shall be held responsible in the case of any eventuality or untoward incident triggered by these militants in future.
He warned that Panthers Party shall not allow the BJP to succeed in towing the Separatist agenda with its ally in Kashmir at any cost. He added that NPP shall continue its crusade against the anti-national policy until it was revoked in the interest of the State and the Country.
Prominent among those who spoke on the occasion included Sarpanch Sunil Gudda, Sarpanch Rafiq Chandel, Jagdev Singh Jagga, Sanjay Sharma, Amarnath Mehra and Ajay Singh Babloo.
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