BJP to hold meets across nation

NEWDELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a nationwide protest against terror and condolence meetings for the victims of the Pulawama attack at district headquarters on Sunday, and has asked all its elected representatives and office bearers to take part in the programme, a senior leader of the party said.

“These events should be held in a public place,” the party said in a communication to all its leaders.

These are programmes in memory of those who lost their lives in the car-bomb strike and an attempt to show the government’s resolve to fight terror and build public opinion against them, the leader said.

Forty personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force were killed in a suicide attack on Thursday, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised a befitting reply to those involved in the dastardly act.

The party has asked its leaders, members of parliament (MPs), members of legislative assembly (MLAs), office bearers and other elected representatives to be in their respective areas during the event.

There should be ‘lotus’— Bharatiya Janata Party’s election symbol— on both sides of the backdrop at such meeting, and pictures of the martyrs and ‘Bharat Mata’ should be placed, BJP general secretary Arun Singh has told the leaders. “There should be no flag.”

Singh has asked the state units to ensure that intellectuals and prominent persons of the area attend the event, and that the programme be at least 2-3 hours long, the BJP said.

THE PROTESTS ARE IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE PULWAMA ATTACK AND AN ATTEMPT TO SHOW THE GOVT’S RESOLVE TO FIGHT TERROR