Politics
Pakistan May Be Relishing This War Of Words Between Kashmiri Parties
- BJP’s Kashmir unit demanded that the Centre order the security forces to “attack and destroy” militant training camps in Pakistan
- NC legislators accused the BJP of creating “war hysteria” in the state by “instigating” Pakistan and staged a walkout from the J&K assembly
- Such was the uproar in the House that the Speaker, Kavinder Gupta, had to intervene
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Terrorists, their handlers and many Pakistani politicians probably relish our acrimonious debate over Kashmir militancy.
Recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kashmir unit demanded that the Centre order the security forces to “attack and destroy” militant training camps across the border in Pakistan. Accusing the BJP of creating “war hysteria” in the state by “instigating” Pakistan, the legislators of the National Conference (NC) staged a walkout from the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Assembly on Tuesday.
A Business Standard report quoted BJP’s state unit spokesperson Virender Gupta as saying:
As per the report, he further added:
Expressing his concern over many young, educated people in the state taking to militancy, Gupta was also quoted by an NDTV report as saying:
Members of the NC and the ruling BJP clashed in J&K Assembly over the security situation in the wake of the attack on a CRPF convoy. NC members later staged a walkout as their demand went unheeded.
NC member Devender Rana took on BJP, which shares power with the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, for demanding an “attack” on terrorist training camps in Pakistan.
A report in Greater Kashmir reported Rana as saying:
Rana’s comments did not go down well with the BJP, and the infuriated BJP legislators shouted him down.
BJP’s Ravinder Raina, who was supported by other party MLAs, was quoted as saying in the same report:
The uproar in the House, emerging from a series of allegations and counter-allegations from the two parties, prompted the Speaker Kavinder Gupta to intervene.
Expressing his view that the BJP didn’t have a soft approach towards Pakistan, the Speaker, as per the Greater Kashmir report, said:
Meanwhile, the NC also criticised the state government, which according to reports has ordered the CID of J&K police for surveillance of Friday sermons, profiling of the preachers and recording of their political views and affiliations, as reported by The Economic Times.
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