Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 2: National general secretary of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rajya Sabha MP, Narender Kashyap today said that BSP will lead the movement for the separate statehood for Jammu region.
Addressing a press conference here today, the BSP leader said that his party fully supported the demand of the Telengana state in Andhra Pradesh and also welcomed the decision of UPA Government in this regard. The party is always in favour of smaller states and feels that smaller states can be managed in better way for ensuring development and maintaining law and order. He claimed that said his party had sent a proposal to break UP in four states but the Centre did not agree to the proposal.
Mr Kashyap said that BSP will include this demand in the party manifesto in the coming Assembly elections in J&K and will forcefully project this demand. He pointed out that people from Jammu region had been alleging discrimination in all the fields, specially in development, sharing of funds besides jobs and granting political power. Only separate state is the solution to this problem. He said all the like- minded groups and parties are welcome and BSP will now lead the movement.
Replying to a question he said that BSP favours Union Territory for Ladakh region and trifurcation was the need of the hour. He pointed out that there should not be much problem to the Government as Civil Secretariat existed at Srinagar as well as in Jammu. No much money is involved. Not only in J&K, the BSP demands separate states in the areas where people are raising demand and alleging discrimination.
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