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BJP's
Tiranga Yatra not to be allowed to enter Kashmir
Tuesday January 18, 2011 09:56:02 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar: The Jammu
and Kashmir government Tuesday decided not to allow the Bharatiya
Janata Party's (BJP) Tiranga Yatra to enter the state and also
disallow any separatist march in city centre, Lal Chowk on
Republic Day (Jan 26), highly-placed official sources said.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has all along been
maintaining that the BJP's decision to hoist the flag in Lal Chowk
on Republic Day is not well intentioned and it could lead to law
and order problems in the Kashmir Valley.
The Valley is still recovering
from the violence that occurred here during the summer last year
in which over 110 people lost their lives in clashes between the
security forces and protesters.
"The BJP functionaries are welcome to join the official flag
hoisting function in the Bakshi Stadium on Jan 26, but nobody will
be allowed to undermine the official function and create any law
and order situation here," the source said.
The sources also indicated the government has in fact decided not
to allow the Tiranga Yatra to enter the state and plans had been
drawn up to stop the yatra at Lakhinpur in Kathua district of the
Jammu region.
No senior BJP leader has ever attended any official flag-hoisting
function in the Valley during the last over 20 years since the
outbreak of the armed violence here.
The pro-freedom Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik has announced a counter march to
Lal Chowk Jan 26 to oppose the BJP's decision to hoist the
national flag there.
The sources said the government had also decided not to allow any
separatist march Jan 26 to maintain peace and tranquility here.
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