Jammu agitation a fight of nationalist forces: BJP

The BJP claimed the agitation in Jammu over the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board land transfer controversy is a "nationalist movement to throw out anti-Indian forces" out of the country.

The BJP claimed the agitation in Jammu over the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board land transfer controversy is a “nationalist movement to throw out anti-Indian forces” out of the country.

In a statement, BJP’s investor cell and the party’s Punjab state chief Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said the “row is not between Jammu Hindus and Kashmiri Muslims as branded by some section of the media but rather a fight of nationalist forces against separatist elements”.

“You can see Hindus, Sikhs and even Muslims out on roads to support the movement,” he added to corroborate his claim.

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Grewal further claimed that the movement is not restricted to relinquish the land to the shrine board but “it’s a movement of four lakh Kashmiri Pandits who are bearing the brunt of being refugees in their own country for over 19 years and it’s a movement of every Indian who consider Jammu and Kashmir as integral part of India”.

“This public outcry is to throw out each and every separatist out of this country so that people of Jammu and Kashmir and rest of India could shun fear forever and live in peace and tranquillity,” he asserted.

He also said the Congress-led UPA Government had “failed” miserably to pacify agitators and sense public mood.

Grewal demanded that the UPA Government should accede to the demand of people and restore control of forest land back to the shrine board immediately.

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He further cautioned the government saying that defying the wishes of the people is playing with fire and every Indian is watching the situation. “If the government will not relinquish control of the land immediately to the shrine board then every road and every Indian will lead to Jammu and Kashmir,” Grewal added.