Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 7: J&K National Panthers Party Tiranga Yatra started three days back from Lal Qila (New Delhi) to Lal Chowk (Srinagar) was stalled near Batote by the strong contingent of police and paramilitary force this afternoon.
Chief patron of National Panthers Party, Prof Bhim Singh in a strongly worded protest letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, sought his urgent intervention to save the people of J&K from the anti-national, anti-people and authoritarian Government of BJP and PDP which has been working against the national interest.
Prof Singh strongly condemned the Govt of J&K as it is collaborating with the anti-national forces working under the patronage of Anglo-American agencies in J&K to sabotage the national integration of India as they have been plotting earlier to dissect J&K from the rest of the country.
NPP leader said that he had led Panthers Party strong rally from Lal Qila to Lal Chowk in 2005 which was participated by all Panthers Party legislators and senior leaders upto Lal Chowk. He said that Panthers Party had flagged tri-colour flags at Lal Chowk where hundreds of youth welcomed the Panthers Party gesture in 2005. He said the Panthers Party under the leadership of Harsh Dev Singh, chairman, Balwant Singh Mankotia, president, Yashpaul Kundal, president Young Panthers, Chowdhary Mohd Iqbal, vice president, Paramjit Singh Marshall, Trade Union Provincial president, Anita Thakur, Bansi Lal Sharma and others had started this morning from the city of Jammu towards Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
Heavy contingent of police armed with lathis and guns fortified the entire peaceful road from Udhampur to Banihal to stop the Panthers Party’s Tiranga Yatra. Several leaders also detained.
Bhim Singh in a strong appeal to Prime Minister asked to treat the people of J&K as citizens of India and accord them same privileges, facilities and freedom with equality that has been guaranteed by the Constitution of India to all citizens of India as J&K is integral part of the Union of India.
He demanded immediate amendment in Article 370 of the Constitution of India so that the Chapter of Fundamental Rights (Chapter-III) of the Constitution is extended in full to the State of J&K. He also urged the Prime Minister and Home Minister to let the Panthers Party march upto Lal Chowk (Kashmir) which is a Fundamental Right of every resident of J&K.
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