In Delhi today, Samiti will make itself heard

The Shri Amarnath Sangarsh Samiti SASS has decided to bring Jammu issue to Delhi to win the 8220;battle of ideas8221;. 8220;A disinformation war is being waged against the Jammu agitation and our point of view is being rarely heard. This is the reason I have decided to hold a press conference in Delhi on Sunday,8221; its convener Leela Karan Sharma told The Indian Express.

Sharma will draw the contrast between the Valley, where the Tricolour was dishonoured on August 15, and Jammu, where protesting residents unfurled the flag in 15 different localities. The SASS had also sent its representatives to all state districts to unfurl the Tricolour on Independence Day. 8220;Nationalists are not being heard and this is the reason that we are coming to Delhi,8221; he said. Another SASS member said they had got no invite from the Union Government for any talks. The five-member SASS delegation in Delhi is also likely to meet political leaders of various hues.

The SASS, actively supported by the BJP, is said to be extremely unhappy that the Union Government 8220;bowed to separatists8217; blackmail on the Amarnath land transfer, and failed to counter their propaganda on the so-called demographic change in the Valley and the charges of economic blockades which were never there8221;.

At a meeting at L K Advani8217;s residence on Thursday, BJP leaders had decided to take the Jammu agitation to all over the country, highlighting the Government8217;s 8220;weak-kneed approach in caving in to the separatists8217; threat8221;.

To a question, BJP general secretary Arun Jaitley on Saturday said while ideas like inter-border trade had been discussed in the past, 8220;this was not the time to discuss such proposals when the separatists were making similar demands8221;.