Amnesty to stone pelters leaves BJP legislators upset

Wanted party brass to push cases of cadre, Jammu youth too A day after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had ordered the withdrawal of stone-throwing cases against 4,327 youth of the Kashmir valley, anger brewed in the local unit of the BJP as the party’s lawmakers cautioned that this action would prove disastrous in the Jammu region. The Chief Minister, reportedly on the recommendations of the Centre’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma, had announced amnesty for first-time stone throwers. Resentment shown by local party leaders, including lawmakers, is an indication that the…

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