Ousted BJP minister Lal Singh on Thursday said the state government buckled under the pressure of a “separatist lobby” that opposed an investigation by the CBI into the Kathua rape and murder.
Singh led a candle march demanding a CBI probe into the dastardly rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl.
“What is the government afraid of?” he said.
“The Jammu region and the Dogras,” Singh said, “have been projected as rapists by the media which is very shameful for us. We are not such people. We have been defamed,” he told the gathering.
Lal Singh and another BJP minister Chandra Prakash Ganga resigned reportedly on party high command’s orders after outrage over their attendance at a rally in support of the eight accused persons.
“We will not rest till a CBI inquiry is ordered,” he said. He also asked why “Kashmiri officers” were appointed to probe the crime.
“Attempts are being made to spread Kashmir infection in Jammu but we will not allow anyone to disturb communal harmony here,” he said.