BJP plans to corner Omar on Amarnath row

The party is depending on old stalwarts, including former MoS for Defence Chaman Lal Gupta, and new faces like Prof Gharu Ram, Sukh Nandan Kumar and Bharat Bhushan Bodhi to corner the Government.

Besides demanding that the Government shouldn8217;t interfere in the functioning of the Amarnath Shrine Board, the BJP will target the Government on the issue of Jammu being discriminated in the representation of Assembly seats. 8220;Delimitation is our main demand. There are Assembly seats in Kashmir which are spread over a population of 60,000 while in Jammu, on average, an Assembly seat is spread over a population of 80,000. Jammu region has always faced discrimination. Under the Ghulam Nabi Azad Government, while daily wagers in Kashmir were being paid Rs 2,100 a month, their counterparts in Jammu were getting only Rs 500. The former CM is shedding crocodile tears by saying that Jammu has lost in the BJP win,8221; said BJP state president Ashok Khajuria.

He said the party would have no problem in supporting the Congress in starting an exercise of fresh delimitation of Assembly seats. Earlier, the Azad-led Government had brought a Bill in the Assembly to carry out fresh delimitation of Assembly constituencies, which fell due to the lack of support by other parties.

Khajuria said they would also demand that those having the custodian property of the people who have migrated to the other side of the border in the earlier wars with Pakistan should get the ownership rights. 8220;There is no need for a Custodian Department. Also, we will ensure that the Pakistani and PoK refugees get their due rights,8221; he added.