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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Feb 18
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today reacted sharply to the Union Home Minister, P Chidambaram’s yesterday statement on amnesty for Kashmiri militants by describing his remarks as “self-contradictory”, “confusion” and “misleading.”
“The Union Home Minister himself in same statement has confirmed that there has been big increase in the cross border terror and violence in the recent weeks resulting in loss of life but still supported the controversial move of the state government leaders for return and rehabilitation of ultras who had crossed over to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) for having trainings and weapons to act against the security and unity of the country,” said Chaman Lal Gupta, Leader of BJP Legislature Party here.
He maintained that the state government has been asked by the Centre to frame an action plan for return and rehabilitation of those ultras whose number is not known. “Moreover, this hypocritical talking is being supported especially when this was rejected about two years back by none else but by the government which was headed by the Congress Party,” he said.
The BJP leader said, “Chidambaram himself in a way confessed that the situation has worsened when he quoted during the past six weeks alone there had been as many as 65 incidents of terrorist violence resulting in the death of about of 40 persons including 24 terrorists, seven civilians and nine jawans and officers of the forces.”
He also questioned the claim of the Union Home Minister that there would be no compromise with the sovereignty of the country.
The BJP leader regretted that the Congress was never having a Kashmir policy and its leadership had learnt no lesson from their follies of the past.
They have been operating under “communal considerations” to pamper the certain leaders coupled with the foreign pressures.
He, however, reiterated his party pledge that the BJP would oppose any move which endangers the security and unity of the country including the moves for granting concessions to the gun wielders and subversives.
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