TERRORISTS, CONG ON SAME PAGE: SHAH

Jammu, June 23: BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday said his party will never allow the separation of Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of the country, as he lashed out at Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Saifuddin Soz for being on the “same frequency” as the terrorists.

“Mr Soz, you can take hundreds of births but the BJP will not allow Kashmir to be disintegrated from India,” Mr Shah said at rally here on his first visit to the state after his party pulled out of the coalition with the PDP.

“Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part (of the country), and Syama Prasad Mookerjee has integrated it by laying down his life,” he said at the public meeting held to mark the “martyrdom anniversary” of the Jana Sangh founder.

As Mr Shah took potshots at the Congress, people shouted “death to traitors” slogans.

Jammu, June 23: BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday said his party will never allow the separation of Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of the country. Former J&K CM Ghulam Nabi Azad recently said the security forces were killing more civilians than terrorists in the Valley and Soz in his forthcoming book reportedly endorses former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s assessment that Kashmiris will opt for independence if given a chance. Mr Shah said soon after Azad’s remarks terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba came out with a statement supporting him.