MOHD MAJID MALIK , BHADERWAH,DEC 21– The BJP unit of Doda district like other parts of state protested against Jammu and Kashmir chief minister’s decision to re-induct Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo into the state cabinet after he was given a clean chit by a commission that probed violence in Kishtwar.Desh Raj Katal ,Satish Chander Kotwal ,Koshal Kotwal ,Adv Manjeet Razdan ,Raj Singh Charak ,Raj Singh Kotwal , Koshal Dogra and other senior leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took out a procession from Lakshmi Naryan Chowk to historical Sari Bazaar ,Bhaderwah where they addressed the gathering and told “It was a conspiracy of the state government.”
“The moment the interim report of the (Justice Retd R.C.) Gandhi commission was submitted to the government, the report was leaked and even cards sent out for Kichloo’s swearing in at the Raj Bhavan in Jammu today (Saturday),” they alleged .They said: “We had expected that the Gandhi commission would end the bitterness between the two communities in Kishtwar following the Aug 9 riots there. The commission has instead increased distances between the two communities through its interim report aimed to please the Congress and the National Conference”.Leaders also alleged that “What was the necessity of acting in such a haste on the interim report of the commission? Why couldn’t the state government wait for the final report?”Why was the interim report selectively leaked by the state government? It is a drama the state government enacted with the assistance of the Gandhi commission that was given three extensions to ensure that its interim report is tailor made to suit the political interests of the ruling coalition.”We will protest the report and also its likely fallout on communal amity.”They said that “the commission has in its interim report recommended that the village defence committee with Hindu members should either be disbanded or similar committee be formed with Muslim members”.”What sort of logic is this? Is now security also to be determined on communal lines?”, they questioned .