[Reader-list] Separatists lied about blockade: Jaitley

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

To prove a theory is better, than writing unwanted one liners which only
make you sound cheap.

On 8/24/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>
> When the blockade idea backfired, it became a lie
>
> On 8/24/08, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
> > *Separatists lied about blockade: Jaitley*
> >
> > New Delhi (PTI): The BJP has accused the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir
> of
> > spreading false propaganda about the highway connecting Srinagar and
> Jammu
> > being blocked due to the agitation over the Amarnath land issue and
> attacked
> > the government for "not countering" these claims.
> >
> > Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley claimed that there was no such "blockade"
> in
> > the state as claimed by the separatists but admitted there was
> "disruption"
> > on the Highway for a day.
> >
> > "The separatists lied to the whole country, to the whole world saying
> that
> > Hindu colonalisation will come up in the Valley...The separatists lied to
> > the world saying there is an economic blockade.
> >
> > "There was nobody in the valley, not even the state government or the
> > Central government which countered that propoganda," Jaitely told Karan
> > Thapar in "Devil's Advocate" programme of CNN-IBN.
> >
> > Noting that BJP was the only party which countered the separtists' claim,
> he
> > said, "We are the ones who are saying that the land transfer is pursuant
> to
> > a direction of the High Court and why it should be implemented."
> >
> > However, Jaitley said there were protests in Jammu and Punjab which led
> to
> > the disruption of traffic but claimed it was not a blockade. "Any
> stoppage
> > of traffic because of protest is not a blockade," he said.
> >
> > The BJP leadership and senior leaders of the Punjab government personally
> > intervened and said protest on any road, but not on national highway, he
> > added
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