The Congress today asked the BJP to come clear on the statement of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in which she had asked the police to apologise for the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
A section of the media had reportedly quoted a senior police officer as saying that the Chief Minister had instructed the police to apologise to the Kashmiri youth for the killing of Burhan Wani.
“Such reports were published two days ago and the government has yet not contradicted the same which substantiates the authenticity of the report,” said Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) spokesman Ravinder Sharma.
“It appears that the decision to direct the police to tender an apology for the killing of Burhan Wani was a policy decision of the government with the consent of the BJP, which is a partner in the coalition,” Sharma observed, adding that, “none of the BJP ministers in the coalition has contradicted the report which is an indication that the decision was taken after taking them on board”.
Reacting to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh’s message at the SAARC Summit wherein he condemned the attempts to make a martyr out of a terrorist, Sharma said the Home Minister should also take notice of such attempts by the elements in the state, especially in the ruling dispensation.
He also questioned the silence of the government, especially the ruling BJP, over the media reports suggesting instructions to the forces to slow down any action despite terrorists openly holding public rallies and protests these days for the first time on such a scale.
Meanwhile, the Raipur Domana Congress unit held a protest at Main Chowk of Muthi and torched an effigy of Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh. The demonstration was held under the leadership of Raman Sharma.
Protesters raised slogans against the state government, especially the Deputy Chief Minister, over his controversial statement that Burhan Wani’s killing was an accident.
Raman Sharma alleged that the Deputy Chief Minister had given a wrong statement which was against the national interest and its integrity. He further said that Nirmal Singh and his team had been toeing the line of the separatists and supporting militancy in Kashmir as the violence graph had increased from the day the coalition had come into being in Jammu and Kashmir.
Cong asks BJP to come clear on ‘Police Apology’ remark of Chief Minister
