Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 23: Peoples Democratic Party today lambasted UT administration for sponsoring and being complicit to communal and divisive agenda of the right wing.
Addressing a press conference here, former legislator and spokesperson Peoples Democratic Party Firdous Tak today said that the RSS sponsored Shradhanjali Sabha held in Doda, the other day, was another Dharam Sansad of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to fan communal flames and create atmosphere of hate.
“This was not the first such programme of RSS in erstwhile Doda district. Hundreds of closed door meetings of such nature have been organized in almost all Panchayats over the last few months and people from a particular community being asked to unite to ensure Hindu Chief Minister is elected”, he said adding that the open threats and criminal intimidation has only taken the campaign to next level.
Tak said that BJP was repeating its successful experiments of past where erstwhile Doda district was thrown into communal frenzy in order to consolidate vote bank for BJP.
“The results of DDC elections and internal surveys have indicated that BJP has lost its grounds and people cutting across their faiths and political ideologies are up in arms against the party and its leadership”, he said adding, “This extraordinary situation has forced BJP to resort to same old gimmick of fanning communal flames, creating chaos and plotting violence”.
He said that the hundreds of people from all faiths and communities have lost their lives in last three decades of unrest across erstwhile Doda district but the rally specifically highlighted the names of those from a particular faith in order to communalise the situation.
He said that unfortunately UT was sponsoring or at least complicit to such campaigns and same was evident while all arrangements for this Dharam Sasnsad were being facilitated by the administration.
Tak calls upon all the peace loving citizens and those who believe in idea of India not to be a mute spectator to such hate campaigns, which are bound to have serious repercussions on the unity and integrity of this erstwhile state.
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