Karra accuses BJP of trying to communalise Kishtwar situation

SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday accused BJP leaders of attempting to communalise the situation in Kishtwar and challenged the local MLA to substantiate her allegations that announcements had been made from mosques in Warwan calling for the killing of Hindus.

Reacting to the MLA’s reported remarks, Karra said such allegations were serious and must be supported by evidence.

“The local MLA has given a statement in which she has said that announcements were made from mosques in Warwan to kill Hindus. This is highly condemnable,” Karra said while speaking to reporters.

He said he had asked the Congress district president in Kishtwar to challenge the allegations if he was satisfied that no such announcements had been made.

“Our district president in Kishtwar is a Hindu. I told him that if he is satisfied that nothing like this happened there, and no such announcement was made from any mosque, he should challenge the MLA,” Karra said.

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The Congress leader said the MLA should be asked to resign if she failed to establish the allegations. “If such a thing is not proven, then she should resign from her chair,” he said.

Karra also questioned the presence and statements of BJP leaders in the area, alleging that their actions were aimed at giving a communal colour to the situation. “Even if the entire battery of BJP leaders is sitting there, I think they are trying to communalise the situation,” he said.

He further alleged that the BJP leaders appeared to have motives beyond their stated concerns. “I think they have other designs behind their statements and their continued presence there. We cannot ignore the way they have handled all this,” Karra said.

The JKPCC president also raised questions over the Centre’s repeated claims about the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. “One more question arises, which I have been raising again and again. It is a question of the credibility of the Government of India, which repeatedly claims that the situation is normal,” he said.