Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 28: Expressing concern over continuing spate of sectarian clashes in Budgam and adjoining areas over the last 10 days, BJP national executive member and J&K chief spokesperson Dr Jitendra Singh has called for a thorough probe to identify the elements behind these clashes and expose their nefarious designs.
Dr Singh said certain Kashmir-centric politicians and groups, in their bid for competitive upmanship, trigger such volatile situation and as the election time approaches nearer, this phenomenon assumes more acute proportions. This could also be the handiwork of a certain Kashmir-centric political party which apprehends decline in its political fortunes in the ensuing elections, he alleged.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, instead of seeking mileage from such unfortunate loss of life and property, it is the responsibility of all political parties to come together for restoring peace in the disturbed Central Kashmir areas at the earliest because the foreign sponsored militant outfits are already on look-out to take advantage of such a situation in order to push in their terrorist designs. He said there is enough intelligence evidence that as a part of their revised strategy, the militant outfits resorting to the methodology of planting rumours to instigate violence and provoke attacks on security forces so that the latter may be compelled to open fire and precipitate further unrest. The Gool incident of 18 July is one such example, he added.
Dr Singh suggested a joint meeting of religious heads of the two conflicting sects in Budgam and a joint effort by them to educate the innocent people not to fall prey to the opportunists. At the same time, he also appealed the administration to immediately bring to book the mischief mongers and also make arrangements for adequate compensation to the affected people.
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