Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 2: Condemning the NC-Congress Coalition Government for jumping on to the separatists’ bandwagon and banning the age-old Kounsarnag Yatra for appeasing the fanatics and anti-India forces, BJP state general secretary Bali Bhagat today warned that the communal politics of the coalition NC, Congress and separatists could culminate into major political explosions across the country and urged the pro-separatist State Government to allow the yatra from the original route.
Congress Ministers have no moral and political right to continue in office, as they have again failed the minorities, he said, and demanded that they must put in their papers to assuage the hurt feelings of the Hindus, Bali Bhagat told reporters along with senior party leader Lalit Moza here today.
“Kounsarnag Yatra is not a new phenomenon; it is an ancient yatra. The holy lake is worshipped by the Hindus since times immemorial and it is connected with God Vishnu. Even Sultan Zain-ul-Abidin (Badshah) had in 1463 AD traversed a long distance from Bijbehara (Vijayeseswara) to Kounsarnag to express solidarity with Kashmiri Hindus. Ban on yatra is a deliberate attempt of the NC-Congress Coalition Government to outrage the sensitivities of the Hindus across the world in general and Kashmiri Pandits in particular and polarize the society for political gains,” he said.
Bali Bhagat said that the BJP will not allow anyone in Kashmir to vitiate the atmosphere in the State. “Why should the Kashmiri Pandits come to Reasi to undertake yatra from there to Kounsarnag,” he asked? The Lake is sacred for Hindus and it is for them to choose any route, he further said.
Bali charged the NC and the Congress with dancing to the tunes of the fanatics and pro-Pakistan elements like Geelani for vote-bank politics and said that such regressive and out-and-out communal politics will not help them in any manner.
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