Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Apr 12: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for Udhampur-Kathua-Doda Lok Sabha constituency Dr Jitendra Singh said that soon after taking over, the Narendra Modi Government will order an impartial probe into the Kishtwar riots of August 9 last year.
Addressing a gathering here, Dr Jitendra Singh said the Justice RC Gandhi Commission of Inquiry instituted by the Congress-National Conference Coalition Government was a mere sham motivated by the design to rehabilitate the coalition Minister who had been implicated for instigating communal attack on minority community. Till date, neither the losses incurred by the business community have been compensated nor the culprits responsible for riots brought to the book, he alleged.
The insensitivity and indifference shown by the Congress Party to the unbridled dance of death in Kishtwar evidently proved that the party was hand in glove with the National Conference in communalising the situation for vote bank politics, said Dr Jitendra Singh and added that BJP is committed to safeguard the interest of minorities.
Referring to VDCs and SPOs, Dr Jitendra Singh said these personnel had offered their services to contain militancy in the most crucial times and therefore it was our duty to ensure their proper employment.
Dr Jitendra Singh said the BJP Government will also ensure equitable share for Kishtwar from various hydro-electric projects set up here.
Former IGP Farooq Khan said Congress is misleading people by saying that it was against any particular community. BJP is the only truly secular party today, he added.
Senior BJP leader Sunil Sharma accused the National Conference and Congress leaders for having connived to instigate the Kishtwar riots in August last.
Draksha Andrabi, President, Socialist Democratic Party appealed to people including Muslims and Hindus, to vote for Dr Jitendra Singh.
BJP district president Rajendra, Cap (Retd) Hukam Chand, Somraj Khajuria, Yudhvir Sethi and Ravinder Raina were also present.
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