Pak flags, Khalistani posters coming up in J&K: Dy CM
10 Jun 2015 4:58 AM IST
"I want to put the facts straight. As far as the anti- national activities are concerned, they (separatists and some sections of Sikhs) are doing it (raising of Pak flags and slogans in Kashmir and Bhinderanwala's posters and pro Khalistan slogans) since long," Singh said here.
"The question is whether the government is acting or not? We have acted. We arrested Masarat Alam and put him behind bars. We have lodged FIRs against others. They are being tried. Law will take its own course," the Deputy CM said.
"They (some elements) are doing it here (in Jammu). So far as this (coming up of Bhinderanwala posters and pro- Khalistani slogans) issue is concerned, we have filed FIRs against those involved," Dy CM said.
He was replying to a question whether BJP has tolerated such issues of raising Pak flags and Pak slogans in Kashmir Valley and Bhindranwale posters and 'Khalistan Zindabad' slogans in Jammu.
He said, "We did not do any programme on the government side. These programmes are happening in the Gurudwaras. They were doing some programmes during the day in connection with operation blue star and they were doing it routinely".
"Once the posters (of Bhinderanwala) were there, the police definitely acted and they had to act and ultimately that become the cause for this entire incident," he said.
Deputy Chief Minister further said, "Who says that we had allowed this? They were doing it (raising of posters of Bhinderanwala and Pro-Khalistan slogans) earlier also and they were not seeking any permission for it from anybody. And will ask the previous governments why they allowed it to happen in Gurudwaras."
"But when this flared up, our priority was to cool down the tempers. That was our first priority. We never wanted those elements who wanted to vitiate the atmosphere and trying to divide the state on the same lines that used to happen in past, to succeed. That was our strategy," he said on violence triggered in direction in Jammu.
He said, "We succeeded in that and we assure you that action will be taken against those involved and <g data-gr-id="39">law</g> will take its own course".
J&K Minister attacks Deputy CM
J&K Minister leader Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Monday attacked his own Deputy CM Nirmal Singh of BJP over his remarks on flood relief and some other issues like AIIMS and asked him to “desist from making irresponsible statements”. Bukhari took strong objection to Singh’s comments that Rs 3,600 crore is sufficient for rehabilitation of those hit by last year’s unprecedented floods in Kashmir, saying such views will create confusion among the victims. “The remarks of Deputy CM have shocked me, not only as a minister but in the capacity of a flood victim who has personally witnessed the scale of the devastation during the September floods last year,” said Bukhari.
Army calls mobile tower attacks terror outfit 'Fringe' group
The army has said that the Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) group which was behind the attacks on mobile towers in the Valley appears to be a "fringe" element. "As far as LeI is concerned, by and large it appears to be a fringe group which is trying to create a sense of terror in the areas in which they are operating," GOC of Chinar Corps in Srinagar, Lt Gen Subrata Saha said. "There is another group Tehreek-e-Taliban, there are some posters that have come, that is still being probed because any such indicator, it is my belief, must be taken seriously and investigated to its logical conclusion," he said.
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