Excelsior Correspondent
VIJAYPUR, Sept 1: Former Minister and senior National Conference leader Surjit Singh Slathia on Sunday said that communal and divisive politics has no place in Jammu and Kashmir, a State known for its pluralistic ethos and glorious traditions of co-existence between the people belonging to various faiths and different cultures.
“This unique characteristics has been an eyesore for the parties like Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its proxy in Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which have been vitiating the atmosphere of harmony and brotherhood by creating wedge between the people, Slathia said while addressing a public meeting at Sarore Adda in Vijaypur Constituency.
The vice president of N C cautioned the people against machinations of these two parties, saying they can go to any extent in polluting the traditional brotherhood for their petty political advantages. In this context, he referred to the volatile situation created by BJP and PDP during Amarnath land row agitation in 2008 thus bringing the State almost to the verge of collapse. “However, the sagacity of people helped in bringing the situation under control”, he said, adding that the two parties with extremist agenda got exposed.
Mr Slathia exhorted the people to work for strengthening the bonds of communal harmony, which holds key to progress and development of the State. “Disturbed conditions have proved detrimental to the interests of people and their welfare”, he said and made a mention of communal and divisive politics played by BJP and PDP in Kishtwar by aggravating the situation.
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