Shahnawaz leads BJP’s protest against Shinde

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 24: BJP National spokesperson and MP, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain today demanded immediate dismissal of Union Home Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde from Council of Ministers for his statement against BJP and RSS.
Addressing a protest dharna here today which was the part of party’s nation wide protest against the recent statement of Union Home Minister, Shahnawaz Hussain said that the remarks were not a slip of tongue by Mr Shinde but a well planned statement by the Congress leadership. This has become fully evident after Digvijay Singh and Mani Shankar Ayer came openly in his support, he added.
He said that if BJP had to promote Hindu terrorism, then after partition India would have become a “Hindu Rashtra” (Hindu Nation) but Indian Republic had strong secular roots.  BJP and other nationalist organizations associated with it have always fought for the country’s integrity and against foreign aggression from time to time and they have been in the service of the nation without any consideration of religion, caste or creed, said Hussain.
Accusing Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah of opportunist politics, he reminded him that when Atal Behari Vajpayee made him a Cabinet Minister in NDA and promoted him on all occasions, BJP was not communal rather it was Congress which was communal in eyes of Omar. He said Omar Abdullah should better drive the vehicle in Rajouri, Poonch and other areas instead of driving Rahul Gandhi’s vehicle in streets of Amethi.
State president Jugal Kishore Sharma said that whatever had not been uttered by even a foreigner has been easily said by our Union Home Minister. It has hurt the nationalist people and is not tolerable. Such a statement from Shinde raises suspicion whether some foreign hand is working with the Congress to paint BJP and RSS as communal, he added.    Dr. Nirmal Singh, Ashok Khajuria,  Shamsher Singh Manhas, Dr Jitendra Singh, Chander Parkash Ganga, Ramesh Arora, Vibodh Gupta and Sakina Bano Kavinder Gupta Usha Choudhary, Ashok Koul, Satish Sharma, Sat Sharma (CA), Suresh Jamwal, Yudhvir Sethi, Sukhnandan Choudhary, Munish Sharma, Rajesh Gupta, Ravinder Raina, Mushtaq Noorabadi, Shiv Kumar Gupta and Sanjay Baru also  addressed the dharna and Sanjay Baru. The protest was organized under the leadership of district president Rajesh Gupta.
Reports coming from other parts of the region said that protest demonstrations against Union Home Minister were held at Kathua were irate party workers torched the effigy of Home Minister and demanded his immediate dismissal.
Another protest demonstration was held at Reasi from Chowk Chabutra to tehsil office where the irate activists of party torched the effigy of Union Home Minister. The demonstration was led by Ajay Nanda district president. The protestors also torched the effigy of Mr Shinde. The protest demonstrations against the Union Home Minister were also held at Samba, Udhampur, Rajouri, Ramban, Kishtwar and Doda district headquarters.