Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Friday said that like other Kashmir based political parties, National Conference too is trying to divide Jammu.
BJP chief spokesperson, Sunil Sethi said that NC president and former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah has tried to mislead Jammuites and create confusion and discord among peace loving people of the province belonging to different religious and ethnic groups by promising Greater Autonomy to Jammu in case National Conference comes to power in next elections.
“By making such statement the real face of communal approach of NC has come out in open,” Sethi said. “NC wants to divide people of Jammu province in regional sub groups to create sub regions of Muslim majority by creating mistrust and hatred between people who have always lived in complete harmony.”
“By giving artificial names like Chenab Valley or Pir Panchal region, the Kashmir based political groups intend to divide Jammu with sinister plan of greater Kashmir region,” he said adding that time and again such demands are raised either by these leaders or “their stooges” working in Jammu.
The senior BJP leader said that all regions of Jammu province are living harmoniously and they have a common culture and ethos. “Attempts to create trouble in some areas by separatists and their men running political parties to divide people on religious lines have always failed and will fail in future also,” he said. “Jammu is a shining example of all religious and linguistic groups living in complete harmony unlike intolerant Kashmiri population which forced Minority Kashmiri Pandits to migrate.”
Sethi said that people of Jammu have proved that they can live in peace with one another and need no interference from these motivated Kashmir based politicians. “NC is a spent force and will be completely rejected by masses as it did nothing for people of state for long number of years it was in power and its leaders have always filled their coffers instead of doing any good to masses,” he said adding that it has no political agenda for the state except for blindly falling in line with the separatists, including Hurriyat Conference, for petty political gains.
“Relevance of Dr Farooq for his party is making these types of statements to incite communal passions,” he said
On Gagan Bhagat joining NC, he said that it exposes the real face of NC as only days after Bhagat was thrown out of BJP for immorality , he has been welcomed by the NC .