Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 2: BJP spokesperson Brig Anil Gupta said that the broad daylight murder of a Hindu goldsmith in busy Amirakadal of Srinagar cannot be brushed aside merely as another act of desperation by the Pakistan backed terrorists but is a direct assault on the concept of One India One Nation.
In a statement, issued here today, Brig Gupta said that apart from gross human right violation of the minorities in Kashmir, the dastardly act of the terror outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) is a challenge of the idea of India which is symbolised by Sarva Dharma Sama Bhava, the tenet of secularism in India.
“It is a matter of concern and shame that the leaders of self-proclaimed secular parties in Kashmir have once again failed to condemn Pakistan and its proxy TRF whose self-styled commander Hamza has openly threatened any Indian National harbouring intention of settling in Kashmir as ‘an agent of RSS’ and would be eliminated. The reason for killing the Hindu goldsmith is stated to be purchase of a shop by him after obtaining the domicile certificate which is a clear misrepresentation of facts since the two are not inter-linked. However, the larger concern of demographic change highlighted by the terror outfit is same that the Kashmiri leaders have been using to emotionally exploit the locals by terming all other than the Kashmiri Muslims as outsiders. The killing appears to have been motivated by such utterances and needs thorough investigation since it is an anti-national act,” he said.
The BJP spokesperson asserted that the Indian nation can no longer afford the third division on the basis of religion and succumb to the pressure groups in Kashmir promoting exclusivist-supremacist doctrine of “only my way is the right way” and those who do not subscribe to “my way” are not deserving to live here.
“The killing is a warning to those original inhabitants of the Valley who want to return to their homeland but also to those who may be wanting to settle here post abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A. It is a direct challenge and warning to the reported efforts of the Government to establish a Sainik Colony in Kashmir,” he said adding that the terror act is an open threat to Kashmir’s total integration with India.
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