Jammu, May 1: BJP today demanded fulfilling of demands of Village Defence Guards (VDGs).
The demand was made by the party leaders at a press conference here. “Killing of Village Defence Guard (VDG) member Mohammed Sharief in Basantgarh area of Udhampur district, by terrorists is very unfortunate and most inhuman act and the culprits should be identified and punished,” said Basant Raj Thakur, Convenor J&K UT, BJP, VDG Cell.
He said that the VDG members are doing great service to the nation and the people of their areas. “They have lost their precious lives while performing their duties. Their contribution in fighting terrorism in remote, far- flung areas of Jammu and Kashmir UT has been splendid,” Thakur said.
The BJP leader stated that the VDG members have been facing number of problems in their areas of operations and have been making repeated representations for getting their demands fulfilled so that they can perform their task more effectively and help local police and other forces while undertaking anti-insurgency operations.