Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 4: Lambasting former Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) patriarch, Dr Farooq Abdullah for giving a clean chit to founder of Pakistan Ali Mohammed Jinah that he (Jinah) was not responsible for partition, Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh rubbished the statement and said that it was not based on facts historically. Click here to watch video
The Deputy Chief Minister, while giving no indication of holding CBI probe into Rassana murder case of a minor girl as demanded by people of the area, said a fair probe will be held and guilty will not be spared.
“Jinah laid foundation of Muslim League on communal lines to divide India and it in turn gave the call of creation of Pakistan on communal lines by indulging in violence, hooliganism and bloodshed”, Nirmal Singh told reporters at party headquarters here ,this afternoon.
He said Mahatma Gandhi had opposed the partition and had said that Pakistan would be created over his dead body but later Pakistan was created and which was a great blunder and Congress could not stop its creation.
The Deputy Chief Minister who also took a dig at Congress said how Pakistan came into existence when Mahatma Gandhi had said that the partition will be over his dead body. “Though Jinah was on forefront of creation of Pakistan, the role of Congress was not also good and the party should clear its position”, he added.
He also asked the Congress party to seek an explanation from Dr Abdullah as the both parties were in alliance that how NC president made a contradictory statement saying that Jinah was not responsible for partition.
On India’s stand on Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Nirmal Singh said that as per the Indian Parliament resolution of 1994 that any outstanding issue between India and Pakistan is of PoK and “we all are with national resolve in this regard”.
On the Rassana incident, the Deputy Chief Minister assured that a fair probe will be held and the guilty will be punished. He also made it clear that no innocent person will be harassed and harmed.
“The Government is in touch with Director General of Police (DGP) in this regard and categorical instructions have been given to him that no excesses should be made and no innocent person should be harmed”. However, he termed the act of murder of a minor girl a heinous crime saying the culprits responsible for the same should not go scot free.
The poor girl will be given justice and the people or Rassana are also demanding the same, he said.
The Deputy Chief Minister in response to a question that people of Rassana have alleged that a particular community has been made target, he said it is not the question of a particular community but of fair inquiry and Government is for the fair probe.
He however said that utmost care will be taken that no innocent person is harassed while parrying a question regarding holding of CBI probe into the murder of minor girl.
In response to a question that National Conference (NC) has demanded resignation of two BJP ministers who had gone to Koota in Hiranagar tehsil of Kathua district to talk with agitating people there on March 1, he said they had gone there to defuse the crisis which is not any crime.
Regarding the agitation in Nowshera and Sunderbani where the people are demanding creation of a separate district, Dr Nirmal Singh said one ADC post will be created at one place among the three. But he did not clarify at what place the post will be created.
The Deputy Chief Minister while highlighting the party’s victory march after winning Assembly poll in two NE states out of three the results of which were declared yesterday, said the BJP’s victory march will continue and party will emerge victorious in coming elections in Karnataka and Rajasthan also.
He gave all credit to the victory of party in NE to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and party national president, Amit Shah saying the BJP succeeded in eroding the strong bastions of Left with whom it had an ideological fight. He said Congress which faced complete rout in these states however has no ideology. It is great historical victory for BJP that it defeated communists in Tripura after 25 years, he added.
He while giving credit to party cadres also for the victory expressed the hope that BJP will also emerge victorious in Kashmir valley.
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