BHADARWAH- To express their anger and resentment over the remarks of Former CM Farooq Abdullah , Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit of District Doda organised a protest at Gandoh area on Sunday.
The protest was organized in presence of district president Advocate Manjeet Razdan and Mahila Mandal Pradhan Soniya Thakur.
Dozens of BJP workers gathered at main market Gandoh to lodge their protest by raising slogans and burning effigy of NC leader Farooq Abdullah for his reported utterances against India while addressing a public rally at Kishtwar on Friday.
“This is a very serious issue and we would not let it go easily as this is direct attack on sovereignty and integrity of our Nation. For his irresponsible statement and intemperate language related to our Nation, an FIR be lodged and he should be booked under sedition charges,” said District President Advocate Manjeet Razdan.
It is pertinent to mention here that National Conference leader stirred controversy earlier on Friday by questioning India’s claim to PoK and said it isn’t the country’s paternal property.
“We are deeply hurt as the scatterbrained vocalisation of a former CM publicly has shaken our sentiments. This clearly shows the political bankruptcy of a veteran leader, who can stoop to any level for cheap publicity and political gains,” said BJP Mahila Mandal Pradhan Soniya Thakur.
“Not only Abdullah should tender unconditional apology to the nation but he should be immediately put behind the bars for disrespecting the nation and parliament,”She added.
Those who addressed the protesters include Mahila Mandal Pradhan Soniya Thakur, Mandal Pradhan Gandoh Mohinder Singh, Balwant Parihar, Javed Zargar, Showket Choudhary, Bhupinder Razdan and Sanjay Saraf.
DODA: BJP District Doda unit strongly condemned the controversial statement made by Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister on PoK issue as he says “PoK is presently under Pakistan occupation. It is not the personal property of India so that it could make a claim over it like an inherited property of forefathers”. Addressing a rally in Doda Kissan Morcha Gen Sec Sunil Dutt demanded an apology from Farooq and also demanded a case should be registered against him as his statement provoke the national sentiments and also question the integrity and sovereignty.
While addressing the rally BJP All Morcha Incharge Munish Sharma, BJP Organisaton Gen Sec Vipen Sharma, Dist Doda President Majeet Rajdan, Munish Khajuria Vice President Yuvah Morcha and many other dignitaries were also present in the rally.