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| BJP, VHP call nationwide bandh | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | July 1
Hours after Jammu and Kashmir government decided to withdraw the controversial land transfer order, the BJP and Vishva Hindu Parishad have called for a nationwide shut down on Thursday to protest the alleged interference in religious affairs of Hindus.
While former Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader LK Advani said that his party will make the Amarnath Shrine Board controversy as en election issue, a party spokesman said that the BJP will launch a sustained agitation in the states ruled by it.
The BJP described the withdrawal of land as a direct interference in religious affairs of Hindus and said that the party will go to any extent to protect the minority sentiments. At a press conference in New Delhi, the BJP spokesman asserted that the party will continue its agitation beginning July 3 till the land is restored to the Shrine Board and the yatra management is also returned to the previous system.
The Vishva Hindu Parishad has also called an all-India shutdown on July 3 to protest against the land withdrawal. The VHP also demanded scrapping of subsidy on Haj pilgrimage. "Haj subsidy must be cancelled. No flights for Haj should be sent as it is wastage of precious fuel the cost of which has to be borne from the taxpayers," VHP general secretary Pravin Togadia told reporters.
Alongwith the demand for scrapping Haj subsidy, the VHP demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir government revoke its order cancelling the allotment of 40 hectares of land allotted to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB).
It has given a call for a peaceful all-India bandh on July 3 to press for its demand. VHP will also take out vehicle rallies all across the country on July 2. Togadia also demanded that all Haj houses in the country be taken back by the government and converted into charity hospitals for the poor. |
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