NEW DELHI – Senior BJP leader calls for striking Azad Kahsmir for peace inIndia.
A senior BJP leader on Saturday batted for the destruction of all terrorcamps in Pakistani Kashmir to ensure peace in the new Union Territory ofJammu and Kashmir.
BJP spokesperson on Kashmir affairs Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo also highlightedthe issue of “Kashmir Hindu Temples and Shrines Board” and said it isconsidered “a prelude to the resettlement of the displaced Pandits back inthe Valley”.
“Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir is basically rooted in Pakistani Kashmirfor a long time. Pakistan has all along ensured that the land under itsillegal control is misused for the furtherance of terrorism andfundamentalism and all terror camps and launching pads for terrorists inthese areas need to be demolished once and for all.
“Peace in Jammu and Kashmir is incidental to the elimination of terrorismcoupled with fundamentalism and towards this goal, finishing terrorism atits source is absolutely important,” Chrungoo said in a statement here.Advertisement
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Welcoming the scrapping of Article 370 and the bifurcation of J&K into twoUnion territories, he said it is now Pakistani Kashmir that is on the topof the political agenda regarding the new Union Territory.
“The constitution of the ‘Kashmir Hindu Temples and Shrines Board’ is alsoan issue of priority since it is considered as a prelude to theresettlement of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits back in the Valley as pertheir geo-political aspirations,” he said, adding the displaced communityhas been struggling for it for over a decade now.
Chrungoo, who is himself a Kashmiri migrant pandit, also made an appeal toLieutenant Governor G C Murmu and his administration to urgently considerfilling up of all vacant posts under the Prime Minister’s EmploymentPackage for the displaced community of Kashmir.
