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| Dismiss pro-independence NC led Government: BJP to Guv | | | early times report Jammu, Jan 17: Taking strong notice of remarks from National Conference General Secretary Sheikh Nazir Ahmed saying 'NC favoured independent country status for Kashmir' on January 15, the state unit of Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has urged Governor NN Vohra to discharge his constitutional obligations towards the nation by invoking Section 92 of the State Constitution to dismiss the NC-led coalition government Addressing a joint press conference here today State General Secretary Bali Bhagat and Prof Hari Om, Political Advisor to State BJP President Jugal Kishore Sharma, said, "NC has crossed all the limits by demanding "independence status for Kashmir". "The NC has become a threat to national security and its continuation in the office even for a moment would prove detrimental to the paramount national interests, the BJP leaders said while adding, "it wants to restore in Kashmir a situation as it existed there before 1420 AD. "The NC has all through communalized the polity and society in Kashmir to promote its selfish interests, they alleged. "Till the other day, its demand was greater autonomy, bordering on virtual sovereignty, but on Wednesday the NC revolted against India by demanding independent status for Kashmir," said Bali Bhagat and Prof Hari Om while interacting with reporters at the party headquarters. Referring to the statement General Secretary NC Sheikh Nazir Ahmed's January 15 Srinagar statement that the NC favoured independent country status for Kashmir, the duo demanded immediate intervention of State Governor as the situation in the state has gone out of hand. "By making such statement the NC has exposed itself and its pro-separatist credentials, they said and reiterated that BJP stands for national unity, and a system of governance in the state (that brings Jammu & Kashmir closer of New Delhi) will not allow NC or any other outfit to even tinker slightly with Indian sovereignty and defeat their attempts to turn the clock back. The BJP leaders asked the State Governor to act and act very fast and said that any failure on his part to do so would only embolden further separatists in Kashmir. They also asked Congress to make its stand clear on what Sheikh Nazir said. BJYM State President Ravinder Raina was also present in the press conference. |
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