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| Double-speak of BJP leaders exposes party to fullest | | Its vice-president assures people in Kashmir that "Islam will flourish in BJP rule, article 370 will also stay" | | Bharat Bhushan
Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 20: BJP in J&K is for sure going the Congress way, rather one step ahead of it. Narendra Modi's move to celebrate Diwali with the flood victims in Kashmir was worth praise but it had evoked a mixed response in Jammu where people hold the view that the Prime Minister must have come here too as the region had suffered more loss in terms of life and property in the unprecedented September floods, rains and landslides. They felt that "BJP too seems to have inherited from Congress the policy of Appeasement of Kashmiris". That the party is opportunist also became clear when yesterday, its "high-profile" state vice-president and advocate Ramesh Arora surprised all in Jammu region by going against the party line of abrogation of article 370, which grants special status to J&K.
Talking to reporters in Srinagar on Wednesday, Arora asked the people of Kashmir to make BJP candidates successful and assured them that "if the party comes to power in J&K, Islam will flourish under its rule and Kashmiris will feel more secure".
He also went against the BJP stand on article 370. "BJP won't press for the abrogation of article 370 which guarantees special status to Kashmir under Indian Constitution. We will not go against the wishes of the people of the state. If people want it to say, we won't touch it," he said.
This speaks of the double standards which BJP leaders are adopting nowadays in their attempt to come to power in J&K. Their tone and language have been surprisingly changing on that side of the tunnel. In Jammu, they talk of Hindus and the "step-motherly" treatment being meted out to them at the hands of Kashmiri rulers. In Kashmir, they speak the language that suits Kashmiris. They talk of Islam and against the abrogation of article 370 there.
Arora, who had unsuccessfully led an agitation in Jammu when he was Hindu Raksha Samiti president, has surprised all by his pro-Kashmir utterances. If BJP leaders continue to change colours in Jammu and Kashmir provinces, they may lose the confidence of the people of both the areas.
Otherwise also, Arora is not known in J&K's political circles for his political acumen and arranging big rallies on his own. But his statement in Kashmir definitely exposes double-speak of BJP in the election campaign in J&K. "The duality in the BJP's election campaign is getting exposed," feel Jammuites. |
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