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| BJP calls for governor's rule in Kashmir | | | JAMMU: Warning against demilitarisation in Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called for governor's rule in the state even as Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Sayeed and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were due to discuss troop reduction on Thursday. "We will take to the streets if troops are reduced in the state," BJP vice president Hari Om told reporters on Wednesday after submitting a memorandum to Governor SK Sinha, who himself voiced his opposition Tuesday to demilitarisation, as demanded by the PDP.
Om said the party has demanded governor's rule in the state under article 92 of the constitution of Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of political turmoil in the state, arising out of a confrontation between the two ruling coalition partners, Congress and PDP.
The BJP, which has been supportive of the governor and Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in their stand against demilitarisation, also demanded dismissal of the coalition government in which PDP is a major partner.
"The current government has no locus stand to continue, as there was too much contradiction between the coalition partners who had turned their internal bickering into a street fight," Om added. BJP members have ridiculed the PDP for voicing an "anti-national" demand that runs against the interests of the state and the people.
Almost all Jammu-centric parties, including the Jammu State Morcha, the Jammu Mukti Morcha and the Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers' Party (JKNPP), have voiced their strong opposition to demilitarisation demand. "PDP is voicing Pakistan's demand. It has become Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's mouthpiece and the party should be thrown out of the coalition government," JKNPP chairman Bhim Singh said. JKNPP is also a constituent of the multi-party coalition government in the state.
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