[Reader-list] JKNPP accuses Omar govt of giving communal twist to Kashmir crisis

[Aditya Raj Baul]

JKNPP accuses Omar govt of giving communal twist to Kashmir crisis

Published: Saturday, Aug 21, 2010, 18:46 IST
Place: Srinagar | Agency: PTI
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_jknpp-accuses-omar-govt-of-giving-communal-twist-to-kashmir-crisis_1426730

Amid reports about Sikhs in Jammu and Kashmir getting threats from
militants, Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) today
accused the Omar government of trying to give a communal twist to the
crisis in the Valley to divert people's attention from its own
"failure" to tackle the situation.

"I appeal to people, particularly the youth, to beware of National
Conference (NC) and Congress alliance leaders who have been trying to
divert the attention of the people and the rest of the country from
the state government's failure to tackle the situation by giving it a
communal twist," JKNPP chief Bhim Singh said in a statement in
Srinagar.

Singh praised the minorities, particularly the Sikh community, for
strengthening the secular values in the state, especially in the
valley.

Accusing the NC-Congress alliance headed by Omar Abdullah of
absolutely failing to deliver, the JKNPP chief demanded immediate
imposition of governor's rule in the state.

In an apparent reference to separatists, he alleged that a few
individuals and busy bodies were running a parallel administration in
the Valley and said it was a fit case for the governor to intervene
under Section 92 of the state's Constitution and take over the
responsibilities of the government for some time.

Singh said even the autonomy issue raised by NC leaders was an attempt
to sideline the real issue to save the chief minister and his
"tainted" government from the wrath of Section 92.

"There are no takers of autonomy or self-rule in the entire state. The
resolution of the issue lies in the reorganisation of the state on the
basis of cultural, linguistic, geographical identities of each region,
Ladakh, Kashmir and Jammu", he said.