Ludhiana, October 16: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha national president Anurag Thakur said Jawaharlal Nehru was responsible to a great extent for the Kashmir problem. The youth leader said the problem magnified when he took the matter to the UNO in 1948 and made it international.
Thakhur, along with MP Navjot Singh Sidhu had come to Ludhiana to start off the ‘India first campaign’ to save J&K. Both were addressing a mega rally at Janakpuri market and apart from targeting the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, they also called J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah a puppet in the hands of Pakistan.
Sidhu said,” Omar had raised a slogan in Parliament once that he is an Indian and Kashmir is a part of India and today his activities are favouring more Pakistan. In Lal Chowk even today flag of Pakistan is being hoisted.” Thakur said, “The aim of the campaign is to awaken the masses and specially the youth to rise and think about Jammu and Kashmir which is their own. We all will go in large numbers to hoist flag of India at Lal Chowk. In addition to this if J&K government will do any activity to decrease the powers of Army, we will oppose it in a massive way.”
The leaders raised the old slogan…..”doodh mangoge to kheer denge, Kashmir mangoge to cheer denge”. They also criticised the role of Mehbooba Mufti, president of People’s Democratic Party(PDP). The campaign will be taken in the other parts of the country as well so as to mobilise the youth about the J&K problem, said Thakur.
However, most of the youth leaders of BJP Yuva Morcha stayed away from the function and the BJP MLAs and senior BJP leaders were seen on the stage along with the Yuva Morcha leaders.
-Agencies