Sangarsh Samiti accuses NC, PDP of being communal

Hindus attacked in Poonch, Kishtwar; Administration fails to protect hindu minority in India's only Muslim majority state.

Lambasting National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership for maintaining criminal silence over atrocities on Hindus in Poonch and Kishtwar districts, Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti today said that riots in these two districts exposed their communal faces. Direct involvement of senior NC and PDP leaders in Kishtwar and Poonch riots has confirmed that these two outfits represent only Muslim community and their claims of representing all communities and sections are farce.

Involvement of Farooq Ahmed Mir, zonal president of PDP has been already established in Kishtwar riot while as in Poonch PDP it is again PDP leaders who instigated the mob to attack business establishments, shops and houses and temples of Hindus. PDP leader Imtiyaz Bandey, who is zonal president of the party, was leading the mob which was responsible for attacking Hindus.

Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti demanded immediate arrest of these two PDP leaders to revive shattered confidence of minority Hindus and deployment of adequate forces in these two districts to control the rioters who are still indulged in selective attacks. Samiti also demanded ex-gratia relief for the affected families and action against Deputy Commissioner Poonch and SSP Poonch Basant Rath, who his ineffectiveness personified.

Since beginning of this mass movement of Jammu people, Kashmir centric political parties like PDP and NC are hell bent upon to create communal divide in the Muslim majority areas of Jammu region. Following their failure to accomplish their nefarious designs, PDP and NC leaders have directed their cadre in Muslim dominated areas to instigate mob to attack minorities in their respective areas. Kishtwar and Poonch riots have exposed that these political parties have hidden communal agenda to terrorize minorities of Jammu and Kashmir and spoil the secular fabric of Jammu region.

It is regrettable that instead of removing misconceptions created by certain vested interests, PDP and NC leaders are furthering giving irresponsible statement to divide people on communal lines. Statement of NC president Omar Abdullah in a discussion on a TV Channel in which he termed an accident case as victim of communal violence exposes the game plan of these parties. The truck driver who was referred at AIIMS by GMC Jammu on a government ambulance was an accident case which took place at Lakhanpur but Omar Abdullah has been stating that the victim received injures as he was beaten and connected the incident with the so-called economic blockade.

Taking serious note of the utterances for former Deputy Chief Minister, Mangat Ram Sharma who has defended controversial decision of the government to cancel allotment to land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board at Baltal, Sangarsh Samiti termed Mangat Ram Sharma's statement as insult to the people of this region. It maintains that Congress leadership has played with the religious sentiments of the people of this region and responsible for present turmoil of Jammu. The people of Jammu would never spare these leaders for their backstabbing.

Sangharsh Samiti appealed people of Jammu for social boycott of Mangat Ram Sharma, Gulchain Singh Charak and Mula Ram for rubbing salt on the wounds of Jammu people.

Mangat Ram's statement clearly indicates that appointment of N N Vohra as Governor followed by hasty decision of cancelling allotment of land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board was a deep rooted conspiracy hatched by UPA and Azad led government in Jammu and Kashmir.

Meanwhile a meeting of Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti was held today to take stock of the preparation of the forthcoming rally to be held at Parade Ground Jammu on August 27, 2008 at 4 pm. All units of Sangharsh Samiti of Jammu and Samba districts have been asked to mobilize maximum number of people to make this rally a historical event in the history of Jammu and Kashmir.