Vested interests engineering communal divide on eve of elections: Harsh Dev

Excelsior Correspondent

UDHAMPUR, Aug 2: Strongly condemning the attempts being made by certain vested interests to create communal divide for political motives in the hitherto peaceful regions of J&K on the eve of elections, Harsh Dev Singh, former minister and senior AAP leader appealed the civil society and youth to expose and oppose the nefarious designs of such divisive forces.
We have an age old history of communal harmony and brotherhood which can’t be allowed to be subverted by reckless politicians for promoting their narrow parochial political interests, said Singh while addressing a press conference, here today.
Strongly condemning the sacrilegious act at Chenani, Singh said that the timely apprehension of the culprit had averted a major crisis which could have led to communal tension in the hitherto peaceful tehsil. He said that mere arrest was not sufficient and the Police needed to unearth the conspiracy and expose all those who were operating from behind the scene with the sole objective of creating communal divide to sub serve their political objectives ahead of Assembly elections.