The BJP on Sunday vowed to aggressively pursue its agenda in the government following criticism from its supporters for “meekly surrendering before the PDP, its coalition partner, to remain in power”.
The BJP’s aggressive posture was witnessed during its executive committee meet at Suchetgarh, where party leadership rejected the proposal of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to hold talks with Pakistan.
Amid applaud by executive committee members, Avinash Rai Khanna, state J&K in charge, said there was no reason to hold talks with Pakistan in the present situation. He said as long as Pakistan continued to support terrorism in J&K, initiating a dialogue was impossible.
The BJP’s rejection to a dialogue with Pakistan holds significance in view of the fact that Mehbooba had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to initiate a dialogue process with Pakistan.
Speaking at a function organised by a group of Kashmiri Pandits at New Delhi, Mehbooba had said that war was never an option. “Reconciliation is the mantra we need to follow and therefore, I request Modi ji to engage with Pakistan,” she had stated.
Not only Mehbooba, all PDP leaders have also been demanding dialogue with Pakistan to restore lasting peace in the region.
Meanwhile, during day-long deliberations on the second day of the executive meet, the BJP leadership realised there was anger among people and party’s hardcore cadre in particular against the attitude of BJP ministers in the government and some “highly controversial” policy decisions taken unanimously by the PDP.
The party, in its political resolution, also took strong exception to Chief Minister’s suggestions to displaced Kashmiri Pandits that they should visit Kashmir as tourists.
“Kashmiri Pandits are natives of the Valley. Instead of calling them in Kashmir as tourists, steps should be taken to permanently settle them there,” party resolutions read.
What Mehbooba had said
The BJP’s rejection to a dialogue with Pakistan holds significance in view of the fact that Mehbooba had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday to initiate a dialogue process with Pakistan. Speaking at a function organised by a group of Kashmiri Pandits at New Delhi, Mehbooba had said that war was never an option. “Reconciliation is the mantra we need to follow and therefore, I request Modi ji to engage with Pakistan,” she had stated
BJP rejects Mehbooba Mufti’s proposal of talks with Pak
